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Image of Group of UW students demonstrating stick dance, April 1954
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Group of UW students demonstrating stick dance, April 1954

This photo shows a group of five University of Washington international students demonstrating a bamboo stick dance, possibly the Tinikling, a traditional Philippine folk dance. The dance may have been part of an annual traveling show put on by international students at UW and performed at various Washington state locations. The production was broken up into acts from different countries…
ID Number:1986.5.30906.1
Date:1954
Image of Students and toastmistress at sorority luncheon, January 1959
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Students and toastmistress at sorority luncheon, January 1959

The Kappa Alpha Theta sorority celebrated its 89th anniversary in 1955 with a luncheon at the Georgian Room of the Olympic Hotel, with members and alumnae throughout Washington state attending. The program featured a panel discussion on "Women in Our World Today," with three international students from the University of Washington as speakers: Christine Sander of Sweden, Maria Portsidou of…
ID Number:1986.5.31678.1
Date:1959
Image of Rao family at home, October 1, 1966
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Rao family at home, October 1, 1966

This photo shows Dr. V.S. Rao and his wife, both international students from India studying at the University of Washington. Their sons, Babu, 5 and Bujji, 4, dangle a necklace over the crib of their baby sister, Anu. The necklace was passed down from Babu to Bujji, and now Bujji is giving it to Anu. Caption derived from captions written…
ID Number:1986.5.39892.1
Date:1966
Image of Elsa Schiaparelli in Seattle, November 1940
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Elsa Schiaparelli in Seattle, November 1940

Italian fashion designer Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli (1890-1973) is regarded as one of the most prominent figures in fashion between the two World Wars. Having left her couture house in Paris before the Nazi occupation, Schiaparelli spent most of the WWII years on a lecture tour throughout the U. S. She returned to Paris after the war but found that…
ID Number:1986.5.41397.1
Date:1940
Image of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, arrives at airport, Seattle, June 11, 1954
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Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, arrives at airport, Seattle, June 11, 1954

The Emperor of Ethiopia arrived by plane on the morning of June 11. He was taken to the Boeing Company for a tour, then to Bremerton to inspect the naval shipyard. His entourage then returned to Seattle, checked into the Olympic Hotel and attended a reception at the Rainier Club. Typed on negative sleeve: Haile Selassie, Emp. Ethiopia, 6/11/54.
ID Number:1986.5.41687.9
Date:1954
Image of Hindu wedding of Naresh Vasishth and Usha Puri, Seattle, June 29, 1959
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Hindu wedding of Naresh Vasishth and Usha Puri, Seattle, June 29, 1959

The backyard wedding of Naresh Vasishth and Usha Puri was believed to be the first Hindu wedding in Seattle, on June 29, 1959. Vasishth was completing his master's degree in civil engineering at the University of Washington when his fiancee, who would start her master's degree that fall, joined him in Seattle from the state of Punjab, India. The couple…
ID Number:1986.5.43973.1
Date:1959
Image of Hindu wedding of Naresh Vasishth and Usha Puri, Seattle, June 29, 1959
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Hindu wedding of Naresh Vasishth and Usha Puri, Seattle, June 29, 1959

The backyard wedding of Naresh Vasishth and Usha Puri was believed to be the first Hindu wedding in Seattle, on June 29, 1959. Vasishth was completing his master's degree in civil engineering at the University of Washington when his fiancee, who would start her master's degree that fall, joined him in Seattle from the state of Punjab, India. The couple…
ID Number:1986.5.43973.2
Date:1959
Image of Frank Herbert interviewing Roy Prosterman, Seattle, September 19, 1969
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Frank Herbert interviewing Roy Prosterman, Seattle, September 19, 1969

Tacoma-born author Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr. (1920-1986) was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel "Dune" and its five sequels. Though he became famous for science fiction, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant and university lecturer. At the time this image was taken, Herbert was a reporter for the…
ID Number:1986.5.51074.29
Date:1969
Image of Exterior of the Republic of China Pavilion, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
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Exterior of the Republic of China Pavilion, Seattle World's Fair, 1962

The Republic of China Pavillion was located on International Plaza South. The Pavilion displayed textiles, furniture, photographs, and ceramics. Caption information source: Official Guide Book, Seattle World's Fair 1962: Century 21 Exposition; Seattle: Acme Publications. p. 70.
ID Number:1987.59.131.90
Date:1962
Image of Men posing in front of Japan Exhibit Building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909
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Men posing in front of Japan Exhibit Building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909

The Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds were located on the campus of the University of Washington. Several of the buildings and the landscaping survive, continuing to shape the layout of the campus. This photo shows a group of men of Japanese heritage posing in…
ID Number:1990.73.100
Date:1909
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