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English: Interior of G. H. Ando's Japanese dry goods store, Seattle, circa 1892   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Interior of G. H. Ando's Japanese dry goods store, Seattle, circa 1892
Description
English:

This image shows the interior of G. H. Ando's Japan Curio Company, located at 813 Second Avenue in Seattle from 1890-1893, and variously listed as a seller of dry goods, fancy goods, and notions. Visible in the image are items imported from Asia: porcelain, fans, silk, and what appears to be a suit of Samurai armor in the left foreground of the frame. Beginning in 1894 the shop proprietor is listed as Mark Ten Suie, well-known manufacturer and merchant of Chinese silks.

Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, December 12, 1896, p. 8; and February 15, 1921, p. 15.

  • Subjects: Commerce--Japanese

Home furnishings stores--Washington (State)--Seattle

Address would have been on the west side of Second Avenue between Columbia and Marion Streets.
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date circa 1892
date QS:P571,+1892-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w
Dimensions height: 4 in (10.1 cm); width: 6 in (15.2 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,4U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,6U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
10938
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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MOHAI, William S. Newton Photographs, Lib1991.5.61

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