Keywords: Chop Suey
Item 75599
Congress Street at Forest Avenue, Portland, ca. 1933
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Location: Portland Media: Postcard
Item 17478
Lisbon Street, Lewiston, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Lewiston Media: Postcard
Exhibit
In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2
"So I started cooking huge things like chop suey, or anything that you could stir the frozen vegetables into."
