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Tag Archives: Asian American
The Ahn Family at the Moongate Restaurant, 1961
This wonderful photo, which comes from the LA Public Library’s “Shades of LA” collection, documents the 77th birthday party of Heyron (Helen) Ahn. While researching this image, I discovered how important the Ahn family was to Korean American and California … Continue reading
Nations Parade, July 4 1911
Here is an unusual Fourth of July parade picture showing older Chinese American women taking part in New York City. The fascinating photo is in the on line collection of the Museum of the City of New York. I went … Continue reading
Grandmother and Granddaughter in Pants, 1950
This photo from Southern California in 1950 is a reminder that different ethnic groups in the United States had very different ideas about the appropriateness of women in pants. Here a Chinese American grandmother and her granddaughter pose proudly in their … Continue reading
Tomeyo Okine—A Japanese American in California
The year is 1940, and the Okine family of Whittier California poses in front of their recently bought car. In the amazing online collection of family photos, there are many in front of the car, obviously a prize possession. Tameyo … Continue reading
Black Friday, 1995
There are many stories about the origins of “Black Friday” in the US. Despite the checkered past of the term, these days it means big bargains in outlet stores and malls, a kind of shopping frenzy to kick off the … Continue reading
On the Ferry, 1943
On a recent visit to relatives in the San Francisco Bay area, I went to the Oakland Museum’s exhibit, Dorothea Lange–The Politics of Seeing. The museum is the depository of Lange’s archive, so it was a chance to see some … Continue reading
On the Street in Chinatown, ca. 1900
When did women in the United States start wearing pants on the street? It depends on where you look. This picture from San Francisco’s Chinatown shows that pants were common attire for women of Chinese descent at the turn of … Continue reading
Pants Party, 1934
This picture needs its own short story, or maybe its own novel. At the center is a young man with some sort of hanging logo for the radio station KTRB. He is surrounded by women young and old, many wearing … Continue reading
Anna May Wong, Aging
At the recent blockbuster show, “China through the Looking Glass” at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, one room was devoted to the Chinese American actress, Anna May Wong (1905-1961). “In terms of shaping Western fantasies of China,” reads the … Continue reading
Marion Higa—A Life of Sewing
When some people say that they have been sewing forever, it’s an exaggeration. Not so for Marion Higa, now in her early seventies. She started sewing as a young girl, part of Japanese language and culture classes many Japanese Americans … Continue reading