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Parents' suitcase

Blue Funnel Line Suitcase

Button for United States Census 2000

Inside the Higo 10 Cents Store, c. 1907

KOBO at Higo - Part 2

Inside the store, photo by Dean Wong

KOBO at Higo - Part 1

A Happy ‘Hapa’ Shop at 6th & Jackson

At 1962 Seattle World’s Fair Opening

BUDDHIST SCOUTS CORPS

Wing Luke Museum Collection

Seattle Chinese Tennis Club

Celebrating Gene, courtesy of Tom Ko

Seattle team, courtesy of Tom Ko

Chinese Basketball Team

Bow Wah watch cleaner

Sun May Company

Letter from INS Building, May 17, 1942

A Father Detained

Angel and Carla Turinia, 1944

Turinia Family History

Discovering snow, Minnesota, c. 1938

Turinia Family History

Cleopatra chair

Philippine Narra Furniture

National Geographic, October 1942

Chinese Americans in Aviation

Original desk and camera

Chong Wa Benevolent Assn

Vases

Figurines of Chinese Gods and Goddesses

Chinese Gods - 4 Generations

This building operated from 1932-2004. Photo by Dean Wong

Photo by Beatrice Murch

Is Asylum Different?

Taking the Oath of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony

War in Central America

Refugees escape by boat. Wing Luke Museum Collection

After the War in Vietnam

Community leaders held at immigration facilities. Wing Luke Museum Collection

Japanese Detention

Chinese boys dormitory, MOHAI Collection

Chinese Exclusion

My mom's hagoita paddle from when she was a little girl.

Hagoita from 1940's

Banner from Khmer Girls in Action, on display at the opening of “Deporting Cambodians,” February 5, 2009.

Deporting Cambodians exhibit

The Wing Luke Museum rehabilitated the historic East Kong Yick Building to create its current home.

Our New (and Old) Home

The East Kong Yick Building was built in 1910 in the heart of Seattle’s Chinatown.

The Story Behind Our Building

A photo taken of my father, Steven Hilo Hanakahi Lono, diving off Black Rock @ Sheraton Maui - photo held by his mo'opuna, Schaller Kua'aina Lono Batura. Photo credit: Maui On My Mind

Diving photo circa 70's

Grandma Ou Shee immigrated in Nov 1920

Ou Shee Exclusion Act File

Grandma's Exclusion Act File

Eng Hock Gin. Wing Luke Museum Collection

Quilt by Ly Sieng Ngo, Wing Luke Museum Collection

Quilt by Ly Sieng Ngo

Li Chang Li Wong, Wing Luke Museum, September 14, 2017

INS Building testimony

My dad standing in front of store

Photo of My Dad

A photo of me with Wing after his service in WWII: I'm the one in the lower left, not smiling!

My Brother's Legacy

family rice bowls and utensils

Rice bowls and chopsticks

Men Yem Wong

Photo of Men Yem Wong

Yoen Quock, US Army in 1942

US Army Portrait

Enomoto family in Fenimore Hotel, 1960s

Ei Hla and Karenni flag.

Karen Traditional Headband

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