Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
From 1870 to 1874, the California legislature formally criminalized the immigrant Asian women who were transported into California. In 1875, the U.S. Congress followed California's action and passed the Page Law, which was the first major legal restriction to prohibit the immigration of Chinese, Japanese, and Mongolian women into America. [37]
Amador City: 1 Amador County: 95601 Amargosa: 1 Inyo County Ambassador: 1 Los Angeles County: 90070 Ambler: 1 Tulare County: 93291 Ambler Park: 1 Monterey County: 93901 Amboy: 1 San Bernardino County: 92304 Ambrose: 1 Contra Costa County: 94565 American Canyon: 1 Napa County: 94589 Amesti: 1 Santa Cruz County Ampere: 1 San Joaquin County
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 ...
Suey Sing Association, historically known as Overland Warehouse Co. (201-217 NW 4th Avenue) Kalberer Company, historically known as Zellerbach Paper Co. (208 NW 5th Avenue) Kalberer Company, historically known as Mason-Ehrman Co. (234 NW 5th Avenue) SW corner of NW 4th and Flanders Streets; Fong Chong Grocery & Restaurant (301 NW 4th Avenue)
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.
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a metropolitan region surrounding the San Francisco Bay estuaries in Northern California. According to the 2010 United States Census , the region has over 7.1 million inhabitants and approximately 6,900 square miles (18,000 km 2 ) of land. [ 1 ]