File:Chin Gee Hee, Chinese labor contractor, ca 1904 (MOHAI 6881).jpg

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English: Chin Gee Hee, Chinese labor contractor, ca. 1904   (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: Chin Gee Hee, Chinese labor contractor, ca. 1904
Description
English: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Chinese labor contractors brought thousands of Chinese men to the Pacific Northwest to build railroads and to work in canneries, logging camps and coal mines. Companies depended on labor contractors to recruit workers, to move them where they were needed, to feed and house them, and to keep track of their pay. Chin Gee Hee was one of Seattle's most active Chinese labor contractors.

This photo, taken by Asahel Curtis sometime between 1901 and 1906, shows Chin Gee Hee in his Seattle office. Chin lived in Seattle in the 1890s and early 1900s but returned to China around 1906 to build his homeland's first railway.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Businessmen; Chinese--Employment; Offices
  • People: Chin Gee Hee
Depicted place
English: Seattle (Wash.)
Date circa 1904
date QS:P571,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 photographic print: b&w
Dimensions height: 20 cm (7.8 in); width: 24 cm (9.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,20U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,24U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
6881
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain

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.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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File:Chin Gee Hee (CURTIS 1435).jpeg
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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