141 results for: Global Connections
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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