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Chinese (PIC 3-CHI) (329 images)

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PIC 3-CHI 119A
Firehouse #1. Chinese Display, Ah Gin & Smiley.

Subject: Firehouse #1
Notes: Chinese Display, Ah Gin & Smiley.

Scanned on: 2008-10-09 21:29:20
File Size: 3.82 MB
Dimensions (pixels): 5,100 x 6,600
Print Sizes:
  • 4" x 6" = 1650 dpi,
  • 5" x 7" = 1320 dpi,
  • 8" x 10" = 825 dpi
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    Ah Gin, Nevada Cit Ah Gin family cirea 1906 Ah Gin, seen here with his son, Yung Sun Gin, his wife and their daughter, Yuen Chung Gin, was a successful merchant highly respected in both the Chinese and non-Chinese communities. He ran businesses in both Grass Valley and Nevada City, including a large produce farm in Glenbrook where MacDonald’s is locatedtoday. Hissondiedatageseventeenofaheartcondition. His daughter, known as “Fannie,” became Mrs. Hing Lee and the matriarch of the local Lee families. Searls Library Photos Ah Get, “Smily” was the last of the Chinese who lived in North San Juan. Known for his pleasant disposition, he was adored by the children and always had candies for them on holidays. He was noted as never missing a funeral and always bringing flowers. TheChinesecustomofthedayrequired sendingremains back home to China for proper burial and care by family. By the 1930s manyChinesemenliving here died without community members to make these arrangements for them. They were buried in unmarked paupers’ graves and forgotten. Smily’s North San Juan friends assured he would not be forgotten and buried him in a well marked grave among his friends. . Francis and Ellen Moon, at North San Juan. Young Francis Moon, about age 9 with his mother Ellen 2 Moon. He holdsafan and abook, both traditional symbols smilly’s resting place in North Sait Juari of scholarship, as did his father in an earlier photo. Searls Library Photos JeanMoonLiuCollection. Firehouse #1. Chinese Display, Ah Gin & Smiley.