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English: "Iron Chink" at work in Pacific American Fisheries cannery, 1905   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Asahel Curtis  (1874–1941)  wikidata:Q4803332
 
Asahel Curtis
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 1874 Edit this at Wikidata 1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Minnesota Seattle
Work period 1888 Edit this at Wikidata–1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Seattle, Washington
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q4803332
Title
English: "Iron Chink" at work in Pacific American Fisheries cannery, 1905
Description
English:

In 1902, machines called "Iron Chinks" started replacing the largely Chinese cannery workers who butchered and canned the fish. The use of a racial slur in the machine's name is one example of the discrimination faced by Chinese immigrants to the US. The name continued to be used into the mid-20th century. Today they are called butchering machines or iron butchers.

This machine slit the fish open, cut off the fins, and removed the guts. With the machine, workers could process fish 50 to 75 percent faster than they could by hand. At the same time, this invention put many Chinese laborers out of work.

In this photo, three Chinese men work at an "Iron Chink" salmon butchering machine at the Pacific American Fisheries cannery in the Fairhaven district of Bellingham. The photo was taken by Asahel Curtis in 1905.

Caption information sources: "Butchering Salmon," http://www.intheirwords.ca/english/canning_salmon_butcher.html ; "Automated salmon cleaning machine developed in Seattle in 1903," by David Wilma, HistoryLink Essay 2109, https://www.historylink.org/File/2109. Full title: "Iron Chink" at work in Pacific American Fisheries cannery, South Bellingham, 1905.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Canneries; Chinese--Employment; Fishing industry; Men--Employment; Railroad
Depicted place
English: Bellingham (Wash.); Fairhaven (Bellingham, Wash.)
Date 1905
date QS:P571,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 photograph on cardboard mount: b&w
Dimensions height: 6 in (15.2 cm); width: 8 in (20.3 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,6U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,8U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
7030
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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The author died in 1941, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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