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| Title | Chinese section of downtown Seattle, ca. 1920 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1920 |
| Caption | Starting in 1907, Chinese and Japanese businesses began moving to the area around King Street. By the 1920s, most of Seattle's Chinese residents lived and worked there. The population was largely male, because very restrictive laws kept most Chinese wives from immigrating to the United States to join their husbands. Many of the men lived in rooms in the Hotel Niagara and other transient hotels.
This photo shows the corner of King Street and Seventh Avenue around 1920. A sign on the building advertises the rooms available at the Hotel Niagara. |
| Subjects | Hotels; Business districts |
| Places | King Street (Seattle, Wash.); Chinatown (Seattle, Wash.); Seattle (Wash.); |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.1774.2 |
| 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 5. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 82, 297 |
