This image shows the interior of G. H. Ando's Japan Curio Company, located at 813 Second Avenue in Seattle from 1890-1893, and variously listed as a seller of dry goods, fancy goods, and notions. Visible in the image are items imported from Asia: porcelain, fans, silk, and what appears to be a suit of Samurai armor in the left foreground of the frame. Beginning in 1894 the shop proprietor is listed as Mark Ten Suie, a well-known manufacturer and merchant of Chinese silks.
Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, December 12, 1896, p. 8; and February 15, 1921, p. 15.
ID Number: Lib1991.5.61
Date: Circa 1892
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
Credit: MOHAI, William S. Newton Photographs, Lib1991.5.61
