The Sunday Olympian’s Looking Back theme for 2024 was Many Voices, celebrating our diverse and rich history. Pictured here is the James family, including Chinese-born father Toone James and his wife Nettie Chiang, and their five children.
Ida Smith photo, around 1900, courtesy State Capital Museum Collection, Washington State Historical Society, catalog C1948.64.76
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2024