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Wing Luke on board the Wawona, Seattle, 1964
Wing Luke on board the Wawona, Seattle, 1964
TitleWing Luke on board the Wawona, Seattle, 1964
PhotographerUnknown
Date1964
CaptionWing Luke was the first Asian American to hold elected office in the Pacific Northwest. He served on the Seattle City Council from 1962 until his death in a plane crash in 1965.
NotesThe Wawona, launched in 1897, was the largest three-masted sailing schooner ever built in North America. It fell into disrepair until 1964, when a group of King County citizens purchased it to serve as a maritime museum. In 1970 it became the first ship in the nation to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Handwritten on verso: S. Kyle.
SubjectsChinese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle
City council members--Washington (State)--Seattle
Personal NamesLuke, Wing, 1925-1965
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionWing Luke Asian Museum Photograph Collection
Image Number1992.022.417
Ordering InformationTo order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: bfisher@wingluke.org. Please cite the Image Number.
Credit LineWing Luke Asian Museum Photograph Collection
RepositoryWing Luke Asian Museum
Physical Description1 photographic print: color; 5 x 3 1/2 in.
TypeImage
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
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