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Notes on Pre World War One Chinese Resturants

80th Infantry Division drew men from VA, West VA, PA
Chinese Restaurants 

DC in the 1890s first ones appear: https://ggwash.org/view/32254/then-now-the-only-chinese-restaurant-east-of-the-river 

 https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/asian_american_and_pacific_islander_heritage/Downtown-Historic-District.htm

Pittsburgh, Early 1900s: http://old.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/20031209chinatown1209p1.asp
Philadelphiahttp://www.ushistory.org/tour/chinatown.htm Restaurant NAME: Mei-Hsian Lou 
Montana: http://mentalfloss.com/article/88648/delicious-history-nations-oldest-chinese-american-restaurant