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Life in a Laundry: Chinese in Pre-World War II Yonkers

Document 1

Image. Excerpt from City of Yonkers Directory listing Chinese Laundries, 1936.
Document 1: Chinese Laundries in Yonkers, from 1936 City of Yonkers Directory. Courtesy of Westchester Historical Society.

Document 1 Short-Answer Questions

  1. How many different laundries existed in Yonkers in 1936?
  2. What road had the most Chinese laundries?
  3. Why do you think there were so many Chinese laundries in Yonkers?

Intro | Document 2

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