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Four business cards (a-d) a: Lee Yuen & Co. of Portland, OR. b: Sing Chong & Co. of Portland, OR. c: Wong Chung-Pok of Yaumati, Hong Kong d: Hotel Belmont of Los Angeles, CA.

Small black notebook with "Notes" printed on cover. First few pages contain scribbled notes in an Asian language, rest are blank.

Letter from the Seattle Japanese Chamber of Commerce to George Wong Moon of Seattle. Letter is regarding the closure of the Pacific Commercial Bank in 1931, and asks the addressee to waive 50% of his deposit with the bank in order to facilite…

Fire Insurance Policy for the W. J. London Company, issued by the Great American Insurance Company. Total coverage was $2,000 in case of loss of merchandise (specified as dry goods and haberdashery) for the Seattle, WA store. Policy applied from…

Stack of 36 lottery tickets. Written in Chinese, with "Sun Set Co., 8 P.M." and "$12,000 Limited" in English. The characters on the tickets are excerpted from ancient Chinese literature "The Thousand Character Classic" which is a…

Letter to Wong Sek Cheung (Huang Shou Zhang) and Wong Kat Yan (Huang Ji Ren) from Kwok Ching (Sek Cheung's grandson and Kat Yan's son) in China. Discussion of his marriage and the great expense of the wedding, as well as his wish for immigration.…

Letter Wong Sek Cheung (Hunag Shou Zhang) from his nephew Wah Fat (Hua Fa) in Canton, China, Feb 12, 1926. Letter is regarding possible immigration to the US by a family member and the goings-on of many other family members. Written in Chinese. To my…

Letter not sent through US Post Office, sent to Wong Kat Yan (Huang Ji Ren). Written in Chinese Brother Kat Yuan, It is been several weeks since our last meeting. I am here thinking that you are healthy and that everything goes well with you, then I…

Letter to Wong Kat Yan (Huang Ji Ren) and two other people from a friend in Ogden, Utah (stamped the store's business seal: Wing Hing Lung, 2459 Grant St. Ogden, Utah) on October 14th, 1927 and it was written in Chinese. Dear Brothers Ji Ren, Yan Fa…

Letter to Wong Kat Yan (Huang Ji Ren) from his brother, sent from Yakima, WA on December 28th, 1927, regarding business. Letter is written in Chinese. To all my elder brothers, This week (?) will go to Liqinguan and discuss issues of buying land with…