107 results for: Southeast Asian Immigrants
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Chinatown - International District restaurant worker taking a break, Seattle, July 8, 1988
In this image, Nariano Chachero, a Filipino dishwasher at the Tai Tung restaurant in Seattle's vibrant and multi-cultural Chinatown - International District, takes a rest from his work for a breath of fresh air. In the distance behind Mr. Chachero the King Street Station clock tower is visible. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.17
Date:1988
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Kimlien and Duong Tran, Bellevue, June 1985
Duong Tran moved to the United States as a refugee when she was 13 years old after Saigon fell in 1975 during the Vietnam War. Her family settled in Pennsylvania, and Duong and her husband Kimlien Tran moved to Seattle when he started working at Boeing. Duong Tran went to the University of Washington to study engineering and served as…
ID Number:2000.107.213.34.01
Date:1985
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Velma Veloria taking oath of office at Washington State House of Representatives, Olympia, January 11, 1993
Velma Veloria (b. 1950) was the first Filipina American elected to a state legislature in the continental United States when she was elected to the Washington Legislature's 11th District in 1992. Veloria served for 12 years, from 1992 to 2004. Born in the Philippines, Veloria grew up in the Bay Area and became an activist through her participation in the…
ID Number:2000.107.219.31.01
Date:1993
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Two women holding Vietnamese infants at Sea-Tac Airport, April 6, 1975
In April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted. Over 400 children, mostly under the age of two, were met at Sea-Tac airport by a crowd of adoptive parents. About half of the children were adopted by parents who lived in or traveled to Seattle to…
ID Number:2000.107.220.18.01
Date:1975
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Adoptive and foster parents waiting for children from Vietnam, Sea-Tac, April 6, 1975
In April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted. Over 400 children, mostly under the age of two, were met at Sea-Tac airport by a crowd of adoptive parents. About half of the children were adopted by parents who lived in or traveled to Seattle to…
ID Number:2000.107.220.18.02
Date:1975
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Vietnamese children arriving at McChord Air Force Base in Tacoma, on one of the last flights out of Saigon, April 29, 1975
In April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted.The “Operation Babylift” adoption program was controversial: antiwar protesters demonstrated at the airport against the program, a group of Seattle leaders described it as reminiscent of removing Indigenous children from their parents, Catholic relief agencies described the program…
ID Number:2000.107.220.18.03
Date:1975
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Lê Quốc Thân playing outside with his foster brother, Renton, April 8, 1975
In April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted. Many found foster families in the greater Seattle area.Some of the children in the program were biracial, with one American parent. This was the case for Lê Quốc Thân, whose Vietnamese mother took him to the Holt…
ID Number:2000.107.220.18.04
Date:1975
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Vietnamese woman and baby at McChord Air Force Base, Pierce County, April 29, 1975
In April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted. The “Operation Babylift” adoption program was controversial: antiwar protesters demonstrated at the airport against the program, a group of Seattle leaders described it as reminiscent of removing Indigenous children from their parents, Catholic relief agencies described the…
ID Number:2000.107.220.19.01
Date:1975
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Funeral for Trần Anh Thư, a six-month-old Vietnamese child, at Acacia Memorial Park, May 2, 1975
In early April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, hundreds of Vietnamese children orphaned by the war were brought to the US to be adopted. Trần Anh Thư, a Vietnamese infant brought to the U.S. during Operation Babylift, died from pneumonia and malnutrition shortly after arriving in Seattle. This photo from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer shows mourners gathered…
ID Number:2000.107.220.19.02
Date:1975
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Vietnamese babies being checked in at Sea-Tac airport, April 6, 1975
In April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted. Over 400 children, mostly under the age of two, were met at Sea-Tac airport by a crowd of adoptive parents. About half of the children were adopted by parents who lived in or traveled to Seattle to…
ID Number:2000.107.220.19.03
Date:1975