Sunset Hand Laundry 1913, Chinatown
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Sunset Hand Laundry in 1913, owned by Yoshigoro Yamane, from Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, located near the Northeast corner of Main and Browne.
Photo Courtesy of MAC L2003-11.53.
This file appears in: Spokane's Chinatown
Spokane's Chinatown
In the late 1800s, the fast-growing city of Spokane attracted immigrants from all over the world, including China and Japan. As in other American cities, a combination of anti-Asian prejudice and personal preference caused Chinese and Japanese…