Chinese Headquarters, Ontario Street

Chinese Headquarters, Ontario Street
Chinese headquarters of the On Leong tong before 1929. The On Leong tong is a Chinese merchants' association. In Cleveland, they functioned as a way to connect and protect Chinese merchants from other tongs and the police. The organization's leadership changed between Wong Kee and Wong Xing and its feuds with the Hip Sing tong frequently led to wars like the Tong wars between 1925 and 1927 | Date: ca. 1900 | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Photograph Collection
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