MUSEUM

OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY

Chair

Bill Grinstein

Vice Chair

Penny Peabody

President

Mark Paben

Vice President Daniel Evans, Jr.

Treasurer

Lawrence B. Bailey

Secretary

Richard James

Trustees

Don Borracchini

Tom Captain

Vinson Cole

Beverly Freeman

John Gose

Steven G. Hamilton

Carol James

Norman Johnston

Carl Lind

Lynn Lindsay

Donald Loeb

Geri Lucks

Jay McCarthy

Neil McReynolds

Clark Mock

Robert A. Nathane Jr.

Scott W. Owen

Louis Pepper

Tracy Peterson

Brent Reys

Don Simpson

Barbara Stenson

Connie Swanson

Justin Taylor

Rae Tufts

David Weatherford

Ex-Officio

Paul Schell

Mayor of Seattle

Sue Donaldson

President of the City Council

Linda Harris

President of the School Board

William Amtz

Chair of the Parks Board

Director Michael J. Herschensohn, Ph.D.

April 17, 1998

Mr. Paul Dunn, Chair

Pike Place Market Historical Commission

700 Third Ave.7 4th Floor

Seattle, WA 98104

Dear Mr. Dunn,

I endorse the concept of commemorating the significant place of Japanese American farmers in the history of the market. Their role in the market' s development and the circumstances of their disappearance must be forever a part of our community's collective memory.

I trust the commission to consider seriously the recommendations of its community advisory board in this project. I wish you well as you make the market thrive.

Director

Michael J. Herschensohn, Ph.D.,

(Councilmember, Historic Seattle PDA)

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