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The state's worst massacre

Wah Mee Massacre was the largest single day mass murder in Washington state. Includes mention of one of the victims.

Bleeding survivor staggered to safety

Survivor of Wah Mee Massacre

A long busy day at morgue

Medical examiner conducts autopsies of the 13 victims of Wah Mee Massacre.

13 slain - survivor's tip leads to arrests

Investigation of the murders at Wah Mee. Includes a list of 13 people who died and the suspects who were arrested.

They thought it was a safe neighborhood

Reporter interviews local Chinatown/International District residents on the Wah Mee murders.

13 killed in shooting at Seattle club

Investigation of 13 people shot at Wah Mee in Chinatown/International District.

The Tag Project/Executive Order 9066

Catalogue of the exhibit The Tag Project by Wendy Maruyama Historical text by Susan Hasegawa and Barbara McBane Exhibit is on the Japanese American internment experience

Finding Jake Lee: The Paintings at Kan's

in 2010 CHSA purchased 7 paintings of the original 12 from Kan's restaurant in San Francisco painted bv Jake Lee. The pamphlet shows 8 Jake Lee paintings and their captions.

The Architecture of San Francisco Chinatown

Architecture in San Fancisco's Chinatown

Remembering 1882: Fighting for Civil Rights in the Shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act

Companion booklet to traveling exhibit Remembering 1882. It explores the historical debate around the Exclusion Act from its origin throug its full repeal in 1968.