City Directory, 1909
This file appears in: Trent Alley: Spokane's Original Melting Pot
City directories listed businesses and their owners, including businesses owned by Japanese and Chinese residents in Spokane.
Image courtesy of the Northwest Room of the Spokane Public Library
This file appears in: Trent Alley: Spokane's Original Melting Pot
Trent Alley: Spokane's Original Melting Pot
In 1913, the east side of Spokane's downtown teemed with small businesses run by Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Greek and German immigrants. Their restaurants, laundries and baths, barber shops, hotels,…