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| Title | Chinese girls working on famine relief fund, May 1921 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1921 |
| Caption | In 1920 and 1921, up to twenty-five million people died in a famine in northern China. Seattle's Chinese residents raised money at the Go-Hing festival for the Chinese Famine Fund and other relief efforts.
In this photo, Lily Chinn (left) and Florence Chinn (right) sell tickets for tours of Chinatown at a branch of the Scandinavian-American Bank in Seattle. They are also selling stamps for the Chinese Famine Fund and chances on a carpet. Florence Chinn was Queen of the Go-Hing festival. |
| Subjects | Chinese American women; Go-Hing (Event) (1921 : Seattle, Wash.); Community service; Famines |
| Personal Names | Chinn, Lily; Chinn, Florence |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.2189 |
| 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 negative : nitrate, b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 85, 884 |
