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By Todd Matthews • December 7, 2015 9:40 am

Japanese American Seafair royalty pose in front of the Space Needle, still under construction, in Seattle on Nov. 18, 1961. (ELMER OGAWA PHOTOGRAPH / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS)

Japanese American Seafair royalty pose in front of the Space Needle, still under construction, in Seattle on Nov. 18, 1961. (ELMER OGAWA PHOTOGRAPH / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS)