99 results for: Vietnam War, 1955-1975
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Vinh Duc Vu and Hoi Ba Tran working on Vietnamese-language newspaper, Seattle, August 1975
In August 1975, the first Vietnamese-language newspaper in Washington state headed to the press. The free, bimonthly tabloid, Dat Moi (“New Land”) was to be mailed to 1500 Washington refugees and their American sponsors. It was sponsored by the national Vietnamese-American Association and was funded by the WA State Department of Emergency Services and the Catholic Archdiocese. Plans were for…
ID Number:2000.107.220.25.01
Date:1975
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Harold Whitehead at Seattle Veterans Action Center, March 25, 1991
The Seattle Veterans Action Center (or Sea-VAC) was founded by Joseph Garcia in 1971 to provide readjustment assistance to veterans, especially minority, disadvantaged and disabled Vietnam war veterans. Services included family counseling, job-placement help, post-traumatic-stress-disorder therapy, substance-abuse counseling and housing aid, among others. In April 1991, Harold Whitehead, director of the Seattle Veterans Action Center, nine staff members, and heads…
ID Number:2000.107.230.07.02
Date:1991
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Vietnam veterans marching in Memorial Day parade, Seattle, May 27, 1985
In this image, a Vietnam veteran raises his fists in salute as he and about 100 other Vietnam veterans march down Alaskan Way in a Memorial Day parade. Beginning at Myrtle Edwards Park, various dignitaries, politicians, men in Civil War uniforms, square dancers, Navy bands, Army drill teams, and veterans' groups marched along Seattle's waterfront, ending at the Seattle War…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.03
Date:1985
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Dai Vu studying questions in his English class, Seattle, October 1979
Ten-year-old Dai Vu, from Vietnam, arrived in the US in August 1979 with his father and two older siblings after living in a Malaysian refugee camp for 5 months. All of the family's money went into the boat passage for the four, and Dai's mother and younger siblings had to be left behind. In Seattle, Dai attended school at Lake…
ID Number:2000.107.289.01.02
Date:1979
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Woman shopping at Viet-Wah supermarket, Seattle, January 14, 1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.1.10
Date:1993
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Theresa Vu preparing bowls of pho at Phở Bắc restaurant, Seattle, January 14, 1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.2.04
Date:1993
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Counterman with banh mi sandwich at Vietnamese deli, Seattle, January 14,1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.3.23
Date:1993
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Four people eating at a restaurant in Little Saigon, Seattle, January 14, 1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.3.34
Date:1993
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Man eating pho at Pho Bac restaurant, Seattle, January 14, 1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.3.44
Date:1993
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An Tran surrounded by family and friends at Sea-Tac Airport, February 23, 1993
In 1954, An Tran sent six of her children from their home in North Vietnam to South Vietnam to escape the impending rule of the North Vietnamese communist government. An and her husband, Tau Nguyen, followed their children but were captured at the border and sent to separate jails. Tau escaped to South Vietnam, but An was returned to the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930223.12.36
Date:1993