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Chicago, Illinois, August 13, 1949 View Menu: Cover Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Back Cover Contributed by Sylvia
Jung from her grandfather's memorabilia, and Sylvia and shares a
little of her grandfather's interesting life here:
My grandfather, Joe Jung, is a Chinese American who came to US in 1929 at the age of 12 using a "paper son" document. He initially settled in Toledo, OH where his father, uncle, & other cousins owned a laundry shop. They eventually opened 2 more shops. But in 1942 (after helping to generate income to send the younger brothers & cousins to college) grandpa decided to leave the business & ventured out to Chicago for welding school. After completing the welding program, he breifly stayed in South Dakota where he partnered with another man to open a Chinese/American restaraunt. This didn't work out, so he left & came out to Portland where the ship building yards were busy constructing ships for the war. Welding was temporary. His ultimate goal was to open his own Chinese/American restaraunt. By the time he retired in 1982, he had restaraunts in Longview, Corvallis, Coos Bay, & Beaverton, Oregon. They were all the old style Chinese/American coffee shop type of restaraunts. I assume he took the menus when he was in Chicago because he was impressed with the restaraunt. He probably used them as research material to formulate his own menu. Back to Hotel Atlantic Vintage Postcard |