Perusing some online Queen's Journal editions in Qspace of the turn of the last century, the advertisements aimed at the young men of Queen's were interesting. A wide variety of enterprises like bookstores, travel opportunities and even laundries were advertising. One recurring ad was for the Hong Lee Laundry on Princess Street (1903 top ad, 1900 below):
1903 Queen's Journal advertisement:
Three 1908 Queen's Journal ads:
Here's an even older one, from 1881:
An excellent story on the Chinese laundries was posted in Stones Kingston - Exploring Kingston's Social History. The site contains many other informative accounts of Chinese history in Kingston. Though I've already modelled the City Steam Laundry, a storefront laundry might also be a subject for structure modelling in my layout's future!
At least one - Lee's Laundry existed on Division Street at Earl Street, near the Queen's campus. In this 2009 image, the laundry name still shows, though renovations have erased it by 2020:
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