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| Title | Lun Poy Woo in front of Quong Tuck Co., Seattle, ca. 1920 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1920 |
| Caption | The Quong Tuck Company, an import-export business, was started in Seattle in 1884 by the legendary Chin Gee Hee, who contracted labor for railroads and canneries and returned home to China to build a railroad in Toisan County. Pictured in front of the business is Lun Poy Woo, a grand nephew of Chin. The business was reopened as a restaurant in 1977 by Dan Woo, Lun Poy's younger brother. The Chinese characters in the sign above are Quong Tuck, meaning "Broad Virtue." |
| Notes | Caption taken from document filed with image. |
| Subjects | Asian American business enterprises--Washington (State)--Seattle
Chinese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle
Stores & shops--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Personal Names | Woo, Lun Poy |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Chinatown/International District (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Wing Luke Asian Museum Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1995.050. |
| 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 Museum |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 5 x 7 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned 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. |
