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Chen Chong and his wife, 1866
Chen Chong arrived in Seattle in the 1860s and became one of the city's first Chinese merchants. He owned a cigar store on the east side of First Avenue South, near Washington Street and supplied contract labor to area businesses and industries. In 1866, Chen Chong was married at the Brown (Methodist) Church. Both bride and groom wore borrowed clothing…
ID Number:SHS4000
Date:1866
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Railroad construction workers and locomotive at the Green River crossing, 1885
In the 1880s, Chinese laborers were recruited by railroad companies because they worked for lower pay than whites. Chinese men were often assigned to such dangerous tasks as blasting through rock and laying tracks in tunnels or on river bluffs. Of the 20,000 men that built the Northern Pacific branch line between Pasco and Tacoma, 15,000 were Chinese.This 1885 photo…
ID Number:SHS5907
Date:1885
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Hop pickers near Auburn, Washington, circa 1900
Brewers use the fruit of the hop plant to flavor beer. Beginning in the 1880s, hop growing brought great prosperity to western Washington state. In 1888 alone, over three quarters of a million pounds of hops were harvested in the area. The boom waned in the early 1890s when the fields were attacked repeatedly by an insect pest.This photo, taken…
ID Number:SHS6026
Date:Circa 1900
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Lillian Goon Dip posing in Chinese dance costume, circa 1925
Lillian Goon was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1900. Her father was Seattle’s Chinese consul and hotel owner, Goon Dip. Until 1933, Lillian Goon lived with her family at the Milwaukee Hotel, in Seattle’s Chinatown. She graduated from the University of Washington in 1924. Ms. Goon studied ballet with several teachers, including Seattle’s well-known Mary Ann Wells, and she frequently…
ID Number:SHS14125
Date:1920
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Hop picking, circa 1895
In western Washington, hop vines were grown on tall poles. At harvest time, workers lowered the vines and picked the hops into wooden boxes. The boxes were a standard size and had handles so that two people could carry them. Pickers were paid by the box or by the pound.In this photo, probably taken in the 1890s, a man checks…
ID Number:SHS15558
Date:Circa 1895
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Portrait of Chin Yook-Nui, Seattle, circa 1925
This photograph shows Chin Yook-Nui (circa 1865-1946), the wife of prominent Chinese-American community leader, diplomat, and businessperson Goon Dip (circa 1862 -1933). Chin and Goon married in China in the late 1870s. At that time, Goon had previously lived in Portland, Oregon but returned to China for a few years. He moved back to Portland some time before 1882. Some…
ID Number:SHS15758
Date:Circa 1925
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Lillian Goon Dip, 1937
Lillian Goon was born in Portland, Oregon in 1900. Her father was Seattle’s Chinese consul and hotel owner Goon Dip. Until 1933, Lillian Goon lived with her family at the Milwaukee Hotel, in Seattle’s Chinatown. She graduated from the University of Washington in 1924. Ms. Goon studied ballet with several teachers, including Seattle’s Mary Ann Wells, and she frequently performed…
ID Number:SHS15846
Date:1937