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Image of Oriental Village on the Pay Streak at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
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Oriental Village on the Pay Streak at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 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 became the campus of the University of Washington.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from 1909 to 1912. He also photographed the Alaska Gold Rush from 1891 to…
ID Number:1995.38.37.67
Date:1909
Image of German Day Parade, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, August 18, 1909
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German Day Parade, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, August 18, 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 became the campus of the University of Washington.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from 1909 to 1912. He also photographed the Alaska Gold Rush from 1891 to…
ID Number:1995.38.37.99
Date:1909
Image of Crowds on Japan Day at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, September 4, 1909
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Crowds on Japan Day at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, September 4, 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 became the campus of the University of Washington.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from 1909 to 1912. He also photographed the Alaska Gold Rush from 1891 to…
ID Number:1995.38.37.110
Date:1909
Image of Anwar Aboul Hosn with tray of baklava, December 1977
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Anwar Aboul Hosn with tray of baklava, December 1977

Anwar Aboul Hosn (also spelled Abou El Hosn, Abouelhosn, or Aboul Hossen) came to Seattle in 1973 and purchased the Ali Baba restaurant at 707 East Pine Street in 1977. On New Year’s Day 1978, Anwar Aboul Hosn donated 100% of the proceeds from his restaurant that day to help fellow Lebanese people left homeless by the two-year-old Lebanese civil…
ID Number:2000.107.001.17.01
Date:1977
Image of Ismail Ahmad and Wahab Almatar at the Islamic International House at UW, August 1990
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Ismail Ahmad and Wahab Almatar at the Islamic International House at UW, August 1990

At left in this photo is Ismail Ahmad, who came to Seattle from Iraq around 1970 to attend the University of Washington. In 1990, Ahmad was running the Islamic International House, housing in the University District for Muslim students. Wahab Almater, at right, from Kuwait, was a UW graduate student in business, living at the Islamic International House along with…
ID Number:2000.107.002.39.01
Date:1990
Image of Ye Kuo Rong holding sign protesting China's human rights record prior to APEC conference, Seattle, November 19, 1993
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Ye Kuo Rong holding sign protesting China's human rights record prior to APEC conference, Seattle, November 19, 1993

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.009.35.02
Date:1993
Image of Worker attaching welcome banner to post prior to APEC conference, Seattle, November 1993
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Worker attaching welcome banner to post prior to APEC conference, Seattle, November 1993

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.009.35.03
Date:1993
Image of Duane Glaesman being stopped by police officer during protest, November 18, 1993
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Duane Glaesman being stopped by police officer during protest, November 18, 1993

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.009.35.04
Date:1993
Image of Judy Balint protesting at
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Judy Balint protesting at "Soviet Woman" exhibit at Pacific Science Center, Seattle, May 13, 1979

On Mothers Day in 1979, five members of the group Seattle Action for Soviet Jewry, wearing t-shirts reading "Free Soviet Jews," picketed outside the Pacific Science Center to protest the touring exhibit "Soviet Woman." Established in 1975 in help Jews in the Soviet Union, Seattle Action for Soviet Jewry sent aid, gifts and letters to the USSR, and worked to…
ID Number:2000.107.013.05.01
Date:1979
Image of Hay Srey and Voeuk Soth praying for fellow Cambodians, Seattle, January 6, 1985
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Hay Srey and Voeuk Soth praying for fellow Cambodians, Seattle, January 6, 1985

During and after the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, an estimated one million Cambodians sought refuge in other countries. Over 130,000 eventually settled in the United States between 1975 and 1985, often after long periods spent in refugee camps in Thailand. Many Cambodians settled in Washington state, with the majority of those living in King County. As…
ID Number:2000.107.031.02.01
Date:1985
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