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Business documents

 Series
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents The documents in this series include bills, correspondence with accountants, customer invoices, daily receipts, drivers’ delivery route lists, laundry tickets (used and unused), ledgers, letterhead, insurance documents, operating licenses, payroll documentation, a 1982 plaque from the State Insurance Fund commemorating over twenty-five years of business, and union correspondence and membership documents. In addition, there is a payroll register from 1961-1971 with checks labelled "Lin Hop...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1949-2001

Business documents, 1950s-1960s

 Series
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

The documents in this series include business receipts, handwritten receipts, ledgers, insurance documents, a mortgage certificate, commercial and vehicle auto licenses, bank documents, business cards, and small notebooks, most likely account books (one of which is dated 1960-1962).

Dates: Majority of material found in 1950s-1960s

Objects

 Series
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

The objects in this series include items from the laundromat, specifically, a 1982 plaque from by the State Insurance Fund for its over twenty-five year business relationship with Wah Kiu Wet Wash; a stapler; a large clip; a cigar box that held laundry receipts; three large safety pins; and mesh laundry bags.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1949-2001

Personal items

 Series
Identifier: Series 3
Scope and Contents

The documents in this series include items such as a Christmas card in Chinese and English, an invitation to an anniversary event for a local business, Chinese-language newspapers, and blank visa applications to China.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1949-2001

Personal items

 Series
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

The documents in this series include a pack of cigars, medical receipts, unopened correspondence, photographs, and an immigration notice from Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1940s-1960s

Photographs

 Series
Identifier: Series 4
Scope and Contents

The photographs (3.75" x 5.75") and negatives capture the salvaging day of Wah Kiu Wet Wash, Flushing, New York, in December of 2001. The pictures were taken by Cynthia Lee, a former curator of the Museum of Chinese in America.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1949-2001

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