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Joe and Kon Leong at Lunar New Year Celebration at the Noodle Grill

As with Western New Year celebrations, food and drink are an important part of Lunar New Year festivities. In Spokane, the Leong family frequently served a banquet consisting of traditional Cantonese dishes to the Chinese community to commemorate the…

John and Minnie Stevens

Johns Stevens and wife standing near bank of Spokane River.

John Rogers High School, Spokane, Wn.

John Rogers High School, Spokane, Wn.

John Stevens

John Stevens with bow and arrow.

John Stevens holding bow and arrow

John Stevens holding bow and arrow

John W. Graham banquet

John W. Graham & Co. salesman at a banquet/meeting at the Spokane Hotel.

Johnson-Bungay Fuel Company

Johnson-Bungay Fuel Company

Jordan's Top Hat Cafe, Pasco, Washington.

Jordan's Top Hat Cafe, Pasco, Washington.

Josephine Barrow, Eleanor Chase, and Pauline Lake sitting together

From left to right: Josephine Barrow, Eleanor Chase, and Pauline Lake sitting together in a room.

Kalispel village near Cusick, Washington

Kalispel women standing near a boat near Cusick, Washington.

Kato Family in Trent Alley

The group photograph taken in Trent Alley includes Kenneth Kato's grandparents Testumu (back row left) and Ume Terao (front center), his mother (left of Ume Terao), and Kenneth (right of Ume Terao). The Northwestern Hotel and Hand Laundry is behind…

Keith Oka Drawing at His Desk

Keith Oka was born in Okayama, Japan in 1916. He immigrated to the United States with his mother, Rin, in 1919 and graduated from Broadway High School in Seattle in 1935. Oka worked as a commercial artist for many years serving as the art director…

Kemp & Hebert's Store, Washington Street and Main Ave., Spokane, Wash.

Kemp & Hebert's Store, Washington Street and Main Ave., Spokane, Wash.

Kenneth Kato in Trent Alley

Kenneth Kato's family lived in the Northwestern Hotel and Hand Laundry on 333 Trent Boulevard when he was born in 1949. The back of the building opened up onto Trent Alley, which served as an entrance to the hotel on the second floor run by Kato's…

Kennewick, Wash. Second Street from Yakima Street

Kennewick, Wash. Second Street from Yakima Street

Kerns Motel, Ellensburg, Washington.

Kerns Motel, Ellensburg, Washington.

Kettle Falls, Wash.

Kettle Falls, no date.

Keylor Grand Opera House, Walla Walla, Wash.

Keylor Grand Opera House, Walla Walla, Wash.

Kitchen staff at Davenport Hotel, Spokane, Wash.

Kitchen staff at Davenport Hotel, Spokane, Wash.

Knights of Pythias in front of the Pacific Hotel, Spokane.

Knights of Pythias in front of the Pacific Hotel, Spokane Falls.

Kodak "Bubble" Theater

"Eastman Kodak air-supported 'bubble' theater seats 200 fair-goers for a movie on environment."

Kootenai Canyon showing Great Northern Train in the distance.

Kootenai Canyon showing Great Northern Train in the distance.

Lagoon at Manito Park, Spokane.

Lagoon at Manito Park, Spokane.

Lagoon in Manito Park

Lagoon in Manito Park

Lake McDonald Hotel, Glacier National Park

Lake McDonald Hotel, Glacier National Park

Lake View Sanitarium, Soap Lake, Wash.

Lake View Sanitarium, Soap Lake, Wash.

Lake Wenatchee, Wash.

Lake Wenatchee, Wash.

Large group posing for photo in an arching entryway

Group of 37 posing in an arching entryway between two rooms of a house.

Front row from left to right: 5th from left Frances Scott, 8th from left Frances Freeman, 10th from left Pauline Lake, 13th Francelle Hagin.
Second row from left to right:…

Latah Bridge, Spokane, Wash.

Hangman Creek Bridge (also known as Latah Creek Bridge), Spokane, Wash.

Latah Creek Bridge, 6th Avenue, Spokane, Wash.

Hangman Creek Bridge (also known as Latah Creek Bridge), 6th Avenue, Spokane, Wash. Length 1020 Feet, Height 150 Feet, 33,800 cubic yards of concrete.

Latah Creek Bridge, 6th Avenue, Spokane, Wash.

Hangman Creek Bridge (also known as Latah Creek Bridge), 6th Avenue, Spokane, Wash. Length 1020 Feet, Height 150 Feet, 33,800 cubic yards of concrete.

Latah Creek Bridge, Spokane, Wash.

Hangman Creek Bridge (also known as Latah Creek Bridge), Spokane, Wash.

Latah Creek Bridge, Spokane, Wash.

Hangman Creek Bridge (also known as Latah Creek Bridge), Spokane, Wash.

Latah Creek Trestle, Spokane, Wash.

Latah Creek Trestle, Spokane, Wash.

Latourell Falls, Columbia River Highway, Ore.

Latourell Falls, Columbia River Highway, Ore.

Laying corner stone of $10,000 Carnegie Library, Ritzville, Wash.

Laying corner stone of $10,000 Carnegie Library, Ritzville, Wash.

Leavenworth, Washington

"Here is a portion of the business district and the beautiful city park. Located on U. S. Highway #2 at the east entrance to Tumwater Canyon"

Leavenworth, Washington

Birds Eye View of Leavenworth, Washington.

Ledge in center of Crescent. Dry Falls, Grand Coulee.

Ledge in center of Crescent. Dry Falls, Grand Coulee.

Letterhead Envelopes from Chan family papers

Letterhead Envelopes from Chan family papers
In spite of their names, both the New York Cafe and Golden Wheel Restaurant were Chinese restaurants in Ellensburg and Yakima respectively. The Golden Wheel Restaurant is still in business as of 2025. The New York Cafe occupied the ground level of a…