New York Chinatown: Chinatown_Glick_17

Big Tall Chin rests, sitting on the counter after folding and packeging laundry. A single light bulb lights her from behind. Sam Wah Laundry, 1980 Creston Ave., Bronx, New York, 1982

Big Tall Chin, Sam Wah Laundry, 1980 Creston Ave., Bronx, New York, 1982. 

Mrs. Chin’s husband, Quock Chin, had been murdered in a robbery at the laundry at 1980 Creston Ave. on Dec. 29, 1981 a couple of weeks before I took these photos in January 1982.