Victory! Cracking the Dress Code Traditional Cache

*** A few reports that the LAT:LON is a tiny bit off. Our GPS is showing a ±5m range. ***
PLEASE REPLACE THE CONTAINER EXACTLY AS FOUND!

Located in what was the local Chinatown back in the day still sits Ching Lee Laundry a family owned business since the late 1800s. They have pressed on through the Great Quake of 1906, a catastrophic fire in 1928, ethnic repression, and even through to today's casual dress code.

Like many of the California Bay Area Peninsula cities, San Mateo has been investing in revitalising the local downtown area. Luckily for us, the new has not completely weeded out the old.

This is a quieter part of town but there is still foot and automobile traffic during "business" hours. Please place the cache exactly as found.

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"The Yee family was washing shirts and linens in San Mateo before dry cleaning was invented, before washing machines were invented, back when you drove a horse and wagon to deliver the laundry." "The laundry was started by five Chinese immigrant brothers. The eldest ran the laundry, while the others turned over 10 percent of their wages each month to build the business. A sixth brother later sent a son from China to help the endeavor -- Jack Yee's father.

The laundry weathered the 1906 earthquake without trouble and in fact became a refuge for relatives, who walked from San Francisco to San Mateo for shelter. But it faced its own disaster in 1928 when a kerosene lantern toppled over and started a fire that destroyed the entire business. The Yees rebuilt with help from the local Baptist church and changed the name of their business from the San Mateo Laundry to Ching Lee, which means "victory" in their dialect of Cantonese.

Located in what used to be the local Chinatown, the Yees rented their space for decades because California laws barred Chinese from owning property until the 1950s. Jack Yee, 77, grew up in an apartment over the laundry. He remembers when clothing was washed by hand, and later when it was cleaned in a hand-washer with two rollers. His daughter, Jackie, also grew up around the laundry, sewing buttons after school as an 8-year-old. Assuming that her brothers would take over the business, Jackie Yee set her own sights on becoming a dentist. But when her brothers showed no interest, she gave up her dentistry plans. "When I heard Dad talking about selling the business, I said, 'You can't do that. Think of the history behind it,' " she recalled."

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