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| Title | Go Hing Festival decorations, Seattle, May 1921 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1921 |
| Caption | In late May 1921, Seattle's Chinese community held a carnival, called Go-Hing, to raise money for famine relief in China. All of Seattle was invited to a week of Chinese music, dance, and food. The festival ended with a parade through downtown Seattle. |
| Notes | Signs in image: Tsue Chong Co. Wah Young Co. Hotel Western. [...ong] Chung Co. Chinese Headquarters. Chinese Y.M.C.A. Leon Yick Investment Co. Wa [Yu...].
Handwritten on sleeve: China Town Decorated.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Festive decorations--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Chinatown/International District (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.10959.3 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 5 x 7 in.; sulfiding |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 90124 |
