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Parents' suitcase
Blue Funnel Line Suitcase
Blank menu
Main Cafe
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
Momo
At 1962 Seattle World’s Fair Opening
BUDDHIST SCOUTS CORPS
Wing Luke Museum Collection
Seattle Chinese Tennis Club
Celebrating Gene, courtesy of Tom Ko
Gene Boyd
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
Vases
Figurines of Chinese Gods and Goddesses
Chinese Gods - 4 Generations
This building operated from 1932-2004. Photo by Dean Wong
After 9/11
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
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
Grandma Ou Shee immigrated in Nov 1920
Ou Shee Exclusion Act File
Eng Hock Gin. Wing Luke Museum Collection
Eng Hock Gin
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
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
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
Yoen Quock, US Army in 1942
US Army Portrait
Enomoto family in Fenimore Hotel, 1960s
Photo
This is a girl Hmong's clothes
Hmong clothes
Shan flag.
Shan Flag
Ei Hla and Karenni flag.
Karenni Flag
Karen Traditional Headband
Photo
Photo
Fish Paste
Picture
Culture Dress
Bag
Traditional Chin bag.
Burmese Chin Bag
Petition forNaturalization, 1908 arrival
Petition for Naturalization
Chinese women seek election to Chong Wa
Photo, 1948
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