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Chinese Laundries
by John Jung
History of Chinese laundries
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Chinese Begin Move From Laundry to Restaurant Business
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://chineselaundry.wordpress.com/2020/02/11/chinese-begin-move-from-laundry-to-restaurant-business/
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Anna May Wong and her Chinese laundry roots
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://chineselaundry.wordpress.com/2017/06/14/anna-may-wong-and-her-laundry-roots/
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A Chinese laundry is not a laundromat!
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://chineselaundry.wordpress.com/2020/07/28/a-chinese-laundry-is-not-a-laundromat/
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Transition from laundries to restaurants
The hand laundry was the first form of self-employment for Chinese immigrants starting in the 1870s and grew rapidly until white steam laundry competition placed legal and fiscal barriers against Chinese laundries. By the turn of the century, the Chinese were developing restaurants in Chinatowns as a viable alternative economic resource. Initially serving fellow immigrants in the "bachelor societies," they expanded their offerings that attracted white customers.
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“Trapped Inside” Many Laundrymen Was A Person Eager to Be Free
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://chineselaundry.wordpress.com/2020/11/28/trapped-inside-many-laundrymen-was-a-person-eager-to-be-free/
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Mocking the Chinese Laundryman
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://chineselaundry.wordpress.com/2020/08/15/mocking-the-chinese-laundryman/
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Lives of Chinese in Grinnell, Iowa, c. 1900 Similar to Other Small Towns Across the U.S.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://chineselaundry.wordpress.com/2020/02/17/lives-of-chinese-in-grinnell-iowa-c-1900-similar-to-other-small-towns-across-the-u-s/
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History of Chinese laundries
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