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2000.107.265.07.01
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Don Chin talking with city officials after Wah Mee Club massacre, Seattle, February 20, 1983
Order an ImageIn this image Don Chin, a resident of Seattle's Chinatown - International District, asks Mayor Charles Royer and Seattle Police Chief Patrick Fitzsimons what is being done to protect his community in the wake of the murder of 13 patrons in the Wah Mee gambling club two days previously, on February 18, 1983.
Caption information source: "Three robbers raid Wah Mee gambling club in the International District and kill 13 patrons on February 18, 1983," by Todd Matthews and Walt Crowley, HistoryLink.org Essay 2984
Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
Caption information source: "Three robbers raid Wah Mee gambling club in the International District and kill 13 patrons on February 18, 1983," by Todd Matthews and Walt Crowley, HistoryLink.org Essay 2984
Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number: 2000.107.265.07.01
Date: 1983
Creator(s):
Benschneider, Benjamin, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 9.75 x 12.75 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.265.07.01, photo by Benjamin Benschneider
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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