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Group posing in front of Chong Wa Benevolent Association building, Seattle, ca. 1930
Group posing in front of Chong Wa Benevolent Association building, Seattle, ca. 1930
TitleGroup posing in front of Chong Wa Benevolent Association building, Seattle, ca. 1930
PhotographerHuang Rei Ming Studio
Dateca. 1929
CaptionThe Chong Wa Benevolent Association was established around 1915 to assist Chinese Americans with finances, housing, and employment, as well as mediate disputes in the Chinese American community. Today it offers services including Chinese language classes and cultural activities. The current building (pictured) was built in 1929.
NotesThe building is located at 522 Seventh Avenue South. The photo was taken at the opening of the building in 1929.

Chinese caption on image: Huang Rei Ming Studio.
SubjectsFraternal organizations--Washington (State)--Seattle
Chinese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle
Festive decorations--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Chinatown/International District (Seattle, Wash.)
Digital CollectionWing Luke Asian Museum Photograph Collection
Image Number1991.100.663
Ordering InformationTo order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: bfisher@wingluke.org. Please cite the Image Number.
Credit LineWing Luke Asian Museum Photograph Collection
RepositoryWing Luke Asian Museum
Physical Description1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w; 14 x 11 in.
TypeImage
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
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