The China Clipper, now the Clipper Cafe, is an iconic establishment in downtown Olympia. In this photograph from 1963, owner CY Wong is at work in the restaurant’s kitchen. The Clipper was one of the businesses destroyed in the Great Train Wreck of 1959 but was rebuilt within a year and continued to be a popular source of Chinese cuisine.
Daily Olympian photo, 1963, State Capital Museum collection, Washington State Historical Society, catalog C1986.43.63.1.2.4.1
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2019