Welcome to the online archive of Asian Cultural Experience of Salinas (ACES).
This website represents ACES' archival work-in-progress, to which you are invited to contribute. Currently, portions of the Lee, Sakasegawa, and Baguio collections are available for viewing. If you would like to share information about the images, or if you would like to donate or share your images or items related to the history of Salinas Chinatown, please contact us at acesalinas2014@gmail.com. Let's talk!
Our mission is to preserve, promote, and enrich the history and multicultural identity of Salinas Chinatown, historically the home of the Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino communities of Salinas. To learn more about ACES, visit our websites and subscribe (free) to our newsletter:
ACES website
ACES Walking Tour
Quarterly ACES Newsletter
This website represents ACES' archival work-in-progress, to which you are invited to contribute. Currently, portions of the Lee, Sakasegawa, and Baguio collections are available for viewing. If you would like to share information about the images, or if you would like to donate or share your images or items related to the history of Salinas Chinatown, please contact us at acesalinas2014@gmail.com. Let's talk!
Our mission is to preserve, promote, and enrich the history and multicultural identity of Salinas Chinatown, historically the home of the Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino communities of Salinas. To learn more about ACES, visit our websites and subscribe (free) to our newsletter:
ACES website
ACES Walking Tour
Quarterly ACES Newsletter
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Wellington Lee CollectionImages of Salinas Chinatown from the Wellington Lee Collection
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Iwashige Shoe Store Jikichi Iwashige opened his first shoe store in 1910 on Gabilan St in Salinas, In 1924 he moved to his permanent location on Market Street.
Marriage of Miyoko Abe & Tom Takeo YukiFamilies of Miyoko Abe & Tom Takeo Yuki in front of the alter at the Buddhist Temple of Salinas
Funeral procession to Yamato Cemetery. Since 1898 burials were at the County Hospital Cemetery, located at the entrance of the Monterey County Hospital. In 1908 the Japanese Association…