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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post looks at Wa Chong & Company, a Seattle general merchandise/dry goods store that also sold tea and in business at the end of the 19th and early 20th century.
Posted in: Asian American History, Business
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The brainchild of editor, writer, and publisher Victorio Velasco, the Seattle Filipino Forum was one of the many newspapers aimed at the early 20th century's growing Filipino community in Seattle and the broader Pacific Northwest.
Posted in: Asian American History, Business
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Asian-owned businesses make up 10 percent of all businesses in United States and during the COVID-19 pandemic many have felt the effects of a new rise in anti-Asian sentiment.
Posted in: Asian American History, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post looks at Chinese immigrants during the Gold Rush in places like Deadwood.
Posted in: Asian American History, Business
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
In honor of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month our Pic of the Week features Lee Lawrie’s sculptural relief of the Hindu God Brahma on the bronze doors of the John Adams Building. When we first launched Inside Adams, Donna Scanlon wrote about Our Bronze Doors, which symbolize the history of written word. During my college years, I …
Posted in: Asian American History, John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
When I was searching the Prints & Photographs catalog for pictures for the post earlier this week, She Works Hard for the Money, I kept finding the most interesting photos such as those related to the National Women’s Trade Union League of America (NWTULA) and the executives of the NWTULA, as well as a group …
Posted in: Asian American History, Pic of the Week, Women's History