File:Go Hing Festival decorations, Seattle, May 1921 (MOHAI 1982).jpg

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English: Go Hing Festival decorations, Seattle, May 1921   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Go Hing Festival decorations, Seattle, May 1921
Description
English:

In late May 1921, Seattle's Chinese community held a carnival, called Go-Hing, to raise money for famine relief in China. All of Seattle was invited to a week of Chinese music, dance, and food. The festival ended with a parade through downtown Seattle.

Signs in image: Tsue Chong Co. Wah Young Co. Hotel Western. [...ong] Chung Co. Chinese Headquarters. Chinese Y.M.C.A. Leon Yick Investment Co. Wa [Yu...]. Handwritten on sleeve: China Town Decorated. Caption by MOHAI staff.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Festive decorations--Washington (State)--Seattle
Same buildings nearly a century later in 2020.
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Chinatown/International District (Seattle, Wash.)
Date Taken on 1 May 1921
Medium
English: 1 glass negative: b&w; sulfiding
Dimensions height: 5 in (12.7 cm); width: 7 in (17.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,7U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
1982
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
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.
Credit Line
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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