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Chin Gee Hee, Chinese labor contractor, circa 1904
Order an ImageIn the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Chinese labor contractors brought thousands of Chinese men to the Pacific Northwest to build railroads and to work in canneries, logging camps and coal mines. Companies depended on labor contractors to recruit workers, to move them where they were needed, to feed and house them, and to keep track of their pay. Chin Gee Hee was one of Seattle's most active Chinese labor contractors.
This photo, taken by Asahel Curtis sometime between 1901 and 1906, shows Chin Gee Hee in his Seattle office. Chin lived in Seattle in the 1890s and early 1900s but returned to China around 1906 to build his homeland's first railway.
SHS category: Portraits
This photo, taken by Asahel Curtis sometime between 1901 and 1906, shows Chin Gee Hee in his Seattle office. Chin lived in Seattle in the 1890s and early 1900s but returned to China around 1906 to build his homeland's first railway.
SHS category: Portraits
ID Number: SHS1152
Date: 1901
Creator(s):
Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : gelatin, b&w ; 20 x 24 cm.
Credit: MOHAI, SHS1152
Copyright: No Known Copyright
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