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Suey Sing building in Chinatown, San Francisco (919–925 Grant Avenue), between the prominent yellow sign and the Bank of the West sign. The Suey Sing Association (Chinese: 萃勝工商會; Jyutping: seoi6 sing3 gung1 soeng1 wui2) is a historical Chinese American association that was established in 1867.
Other such Chinese organizations were formed in California also, like the Suey Sing Association. Sze Yup Association set up a charity house in China Slough and owned other China Slough buildings. In China Slough, Sacramento was often called in Cantonese Yee Fow (二埠, Second City), as San Francisco was called Dai Fow (大埠, The Big City).
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The exact location of the North Carolina marsh isn’t given in the popular book (now a movie), but we used a few clues to come up with our best guesses.
Also known as the Bing Kong Tong Society (or Bing Kung Association in Seattle, Washington), the organization was one of the largest in California when the Hop Sing and Suey Sing Tongs allied against the Bing Kong Tong, instigating one of the most violent Tong wars in the United States. As the gang war continued, the numerous murders caught the ...
Suyá music is the music of the Suyá people, a tribe of about 150 [citation needed] people who live on the Suyá-Miçu River and are native to Mato Grosso, Brazil.Their houses are set up in a circle around the village square, where the majority of their ceremonies take place.
Forbidden City was a Chinese nightclub and cabaret in San Francisco, which was in business from 1938 to 1970, [1] and operated on the second floor of 363 Sutter Street, [a] between Chinatown and Union Square.
State Prison at Sing Sing, New York, an 1855 engraving. Sing Sing was the fifth prison constructed by New York state authorities. In 1824, the New York Legislature gave Elam Lynds, warden of Auburn Prison and a former United States Army captain, the task of constructing a new, more modern prison.