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Ying On Association

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The Ying On Association building in Chinatown, San Francisco at 745–747 Grant Avenue. The prominent first-floor retailer is "New Peking".

The Ying On Labor & Merchant Association (Chinese: 英端工商會) or simply Ying On Association is a historical Chinese American association that was established in the 1930s for the purpose of assisting members of the Chinese community when they were threatened by unfair and discriminatory business practices; for organizing social gathering places for the Chinese; and at times, for organizing funeral parlors for the dead who had no kin or family in America. It also served as a boarding house for single Chinese men upon arrival to Tucson, Arizona and a fraternal organization for elderly Chinese men.[1]

The Ying On Association still exists today.

Branches

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The Ying On Association has several branches in the United States including in:

References

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  1. ^ "Collection of Chinese Documents from Tucson, Arizona | Special Collections". speccoll.library.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
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