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Tong House

Dublin Core

Title

Tong House

Rights

In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Subject

Building, wooden
Museum buildings
Frontier and pioneer life
Foreign workers, Chinese
Historic buildings

Description

Photo of the Tong House building from the South Park City Museum in Fairplay, item description from the Museum states "A Chinese Tong House is correct for this area. Chinese did placer mining on river immediately behind Stage Stop, Stage Barn, Star Livery Stable. There was racial discrimination in those days. Chinese had to live across river and this Tong House is located at only place in Fairplay the Chinese were permitted to come. Chinese Tong members received daily work assignments here. China Mary had laundry, and was the only Chinese to live, in town."

Source: South Park City Museum, Deits Bros. 119 E. Pikes Peak Colorado Springs, Colo.

Type

Image

Is Part Of

Park County Local History Archive Photographic Collection

Identifier

ph004501

Format

Image/jpeg

Relation

Park County Local History Archives

Source

Black-and-white photographs
Park County Local History Archive Photographic Collection
South Park City Digital Donations folder
item no. 4501

Date

1959

Coverage

Colorado (state)
Park (county)
Fairplay (inhabited place)

Collection

Park County Local History Archive Photographic Collection

Tags

Chinese immigrants, Fairplay, homestead, house, South Park City Museum photo

Citation

“Tong House,” Park County Local History Digital Archive, accessed May 20, 2025, https://pclha.cvlcollections.org/items/show/1853.

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IIIF Manifest

Manifest URL

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