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| Title | Anti-Chinese riot at Seattle 1886 |
| Photographer | Richard Nicol |
| Date | 1886 |
| Notes | In March 1886, a mob led by local representatives of the Knights of Labor, rampaged through the streets of Seattle, driving hundreds of local Chinese to the waterfront. Chinese laborers in the hopfields and in local factories, mills and camps, worked harder and longer for less money than white laborers, driving down wages. As violence escalated, the Home Guards were called out and martial law declared. This engraving was published in Harper's Weekly magazine, March 6, 1886. |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: bfisher@wingluke.org. Please cite the Image Number. |
| Credit Line | Wing Luke Asian Museum Photograph Collection |
| Repository | Wing Luke Asian Musuem |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
| Accession/Acquisition Number | # 2001.050 |
