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Stories tagged "Laundries": 4

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Tom's Laundry (site)

Chinese immigrant Sue Wah overcame decades of prejudice to achieve prosperity in early Reno.

By Alicia Barber
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Martha Jackson House (site)

The remarkable story of one of Nevada's African American pioneers.

By Alicia Barber
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Peerless Cleaners

The family-owned cleaners opened on the former site of the Commercial Soap Company in 1947.

By Alicia Barber
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IXL Laundry

Massive skylights flooded the commercial laundry building with light upon its construction in 1934.

By Catherine Magee & Alicia Barber
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