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| Title | Four people in doorway of Chong Wa Benevolent Association, Seattle, July 1952 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1952 |
| Caption | Guay Lee, president of the Chong Wa Benevolent Association in Seattle, poses with Chinatown Queen Shirley Woo Pang, Dr. Henry Luke, and a Mr. Chu. |
| Notes | The 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.
Caption taken from document filed with image. |
| Subjects | Chinese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle
Beauty contestants--Washington (State)--Seattle
Fraternal organizations--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Personal Names | Lee, Guay
Pang, Shirley Woo
Luke, Henry
Chu, Mr. |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Chinatown/International District (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Wing Luke Asian Museum Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | Chong Wa |
| 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; 10 x 8 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned 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. |
