Laundry industry
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Business documents
Business documents, 1950s-1960s
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).
Objects
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.
Oral History Interview with Charlie Lai , 2012-07-12 - 2012-08-09
Oral History Interview with Jack Tchen , 2012-09-05
Personal items
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.
Personal items
The documents in this series include a pack of cigars, medical receipts, unopened correspondence, photographs, and an immigration notice from Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Photographs
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.