File:"Iron Chink" at work in Pacific American Fisheries cannery, 1905 (MOHAI 7030).jpg
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English: "Iron Chink" at work in Pacific American Fisheries cannery, 1905 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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creator QS:P170,Q4803332 |
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English: "Iron Chink" at work in Pacific American Fisheries cannery, 1905 |
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English: In 1902, machines called "Iron Chinks" started replacing the largely Chinese cannery workers who butchered and canned the fish. The use of a racial slur in the machine's name is one example of the discrimination faced by Chinese immigrants to the US. The name continued to be used into the mid-20th century. Today they are called butchering machines or iron butchers. This machine slit the fish open, cut off the fins, and removed the guts. With the machine, workers could process fish 50 to 75 percent faster than they could by hand. At the same time, this invention put many Chinese laborers out of work. In this photo, three Chinese men work at an "Iron Chink" salmon butchering machine at the Pacific American Fisheries cannery in the Fairhaven district of Bellingham. The photo was taken by Asahel Curtis in 1905.Caption information sources: "Butchering Salmon," http://www.intheirwords.ca/english/canning_salmon_butcher.html ; "Automated salmon cleaning machine developed in Seattle in 1903," by David Wilma, HistoryLink Essay 2109, https://www.historylink.org/File/2109. Full title: "Iron Chink" at work in Pacific American Fisheries cannery, South Bellingham, 1905.
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English: Bellingham (Wash.); Fairhaven (Bellingham, Wash.) |
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1905 date QS:P571,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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English: 1 photograph on cardboard mount: b&w |
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height: 6 in (15.2 cm); width: 8 in (20.3 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,6U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,8U218593 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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English: Museum of History and Industry |
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Credit Line InfoField | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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