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Studio portrait of Chin Gee Hee, Seattle, 1905
Studio portrait of Chin Gee Hee, Seattle, 1905
TitleStudio portrait of Chin Gee Hee, Seattle, 1905
PhotographerUnknown
Date1905
CaptionChin Gee Hee was a labor contractor in Seattle and owned the Quong Tuck Company. He was well connected with Seattle's business leaders and served as a spokesman for the Chinese American community.
NotesNote from Wing Luke records: In this photo he stands on a floral carpet in his Chinese Official's black satin robe with emroidered rank badge, white collar, official's beads and round black hat. Under robe shows diagonally embroidered stripes below black robe.
SubjectsChinese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle
Business people--Washington (State)--Seattle
Personal NamesChin, Gee Hee, 1844-1930
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionWing Luke Asian Museum Photograph Collection
Image Number1991.200.111
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: b&w; 9 x 7 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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