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The Woo Brothers chinese laundry  
   

The Woo Brothers chinese laundry

They had two tubs, a stove for heating water, 4 irons kept hot on the coal stove, clothes lines, an ironing board, an old sewing machine and thread to make repairs and a couple of tables...........it was so hot down there!
Pendleton, Oregon - A Colorful Past !!

August 15th 2007
Pendleton, Oregon has a lively, infamous and entertaining past. No town has a more colorful history than Pendleton! In the mid 1800's the Chinese were imported from Shanghai to help build some of the towns of the west and also to build the railroads in this country. They worked for practically nothing and lived very frugally underground in many cities. They came here in 1850 and were here u ... read more
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