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HistoryPin Tour: Detroit's Chinese Community

... our latest HistoryPin tour: a look back on Detroit's Chinese Community. The interactive tour offers glimpses into the ... a brief narrative overview of the development of the Chinese community in Detroit. The images used in this HistoryPin Tour are ...

Blog entry - eclemens - 05/23/2025 - 10:31 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(79753) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, Chinese Schoool of Detroit, 1963

... Lim demonstrates how to use an abacus, possibly at the Chinese School of Detroit. Left to right: (Foreground) Lynette Lee, Marion ...

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(79702) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, War Refugees, 1938

... at 16267 Hamilton Avenue, checks gifts of clothing for Chinese war refugees. Every Chinese laundry in Detroit was a collection agency for old clothing. The ...

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(11960) Local 250, Chinese Hospital, San Francisco, CA

In Mandarin these signs combine to read 'Chinese Hospital employees agree to join union, 250." It's the way these employees of the Chinese Hospital in San Francisco took to announce they have voted to join ...

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(79700) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, War Industry, 1944

... girl who is only 4 feet 9 inches tall, is among 135 Chinese workers employed in the Curtiss-Wright Helldiver airplane wing division in a Hudson Motor Car Co. plant in Detroit. The Chinese are excellent workers and are easily trained for industrial work. Some ...

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(79717) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, Chinatown, Detroit, 1980

... photographs that features photographs of some of the early Chinese settlers in Detroit. Date:  1980-11-25 ...

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(79738) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, Celebrations, 1941

Costumed Chinese youth, carrying fans, are among the 1,200 marchers who participated in ... in celebration of the 30th anniversary of founding of the Chinese Republic. Date:  1941-10-15 ...

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(79756) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, Schools, 1952

Mrs. May Lim teaches the children at the Chinese School of Detroit. Date:  1952-10-20 ...

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(79727) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, War Relief, 1938

In 1938, Lee Din, aged 67, was the oldest Chinese Cook in Detroit. He emigrated to the city in 1888. Mr. Din was ... by Detroit News reporters because his family lived in the Chinese war zone and he donated 1/3 of his salary to the Chinese War Refugees ...

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(79689) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, Funerals, Yee, 1957

A band plays as the casket of William S. Yee is carried from Central Methodist Church in downtown Detroit. Date:  1957-03-06 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Metro De ...

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