Iron Chink
by Tom Cochran
Title
Iron Chink
Artist
Tom Cochran
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
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This fish processing machine was patented in 1905 with the offensive racist slur. In addition to being named for an insulting term for the many Chinese workers in the US in the early 20th century, each machine processed over 100 salmon per minute at the fish cannery on Semiahmoo spit, and eliminated the jobs of 15 to 20 workers, many of whom were Chinese. Nine such machines were used at the Semiahmoo fish cannery.
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March 18th, 2018
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