Paul Eno photograph collection circa 1890 - circa 1960 circa 1905 - circa 1955

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Paul Eno photograph collection circa 1890 - circa 1960 circa 1905 - circa 1955

This collection consists of images acquired from the Mai Wah Noodle Parlor and Wai Chong Tai Company buildings in Butte, Montana. Approximately half of the images in this collection document the Chinese American presence in Butte, Montana, from the early 1900’s through the 1950’s. The bulk of these images are views of Chinese businesses and snapshots of groups and individuals. They include views of Huie Pock’s mercantile and other Chinese-owned businesses in Butte, portraits of Chinese families, and snapshots of other groups and individuals. The other half of the collection consists of film negatives of the Rev. Martin D. Hudtloff family in Montana and Washington State, circa 1915-1925.

3 boxes; 191 b&w photographic prints; 145 b&w film negatives; 2 b&w glass plate negatives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6378637

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University of Washington

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Hudtloff, Martin J.

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Gibson Studio

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Hudtloff, Arthur G.

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Detloff, George

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W. F. Song (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Angelo (Butte, Mont.)

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Hudtloff, Julia

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Thomson's Studio

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Huie, Pock

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Elite Studio

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Eno, Paul

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Chinese Americans in Butte Chinese immigrants first came to Butte, Montana, in great numbers in the late 1860’s, attracted by work in placer gold mines and later by railroad construction projects. By the late 1880’s, nearly 2,500 Chinese Americans reportedly resided in Butte, and by the early 1900’s, Butte’s Chinatown had become well-established. As the gold mining boom ended and the railroads were completed, Butte’s Chinese were forced out of their jobs by discriminator...

Dusseau & Thomson

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Schoettner (Butte, Mont.)

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Detloff, Wilhelmina

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Lai Yung

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Hudtloff, Martin D.

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H. D. Weenink

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Hudtloff, Esther H.

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