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War Bride and Inlaws

A 1946 ACME Newspictures photo depicting a former soldier Frank H. Rathbone introducing his new Chinese wife Wu Shih-San Rathbone to his parents.

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Some three hundred thousand Chinese, Filipino, Korean and Japanese “war brides” came to the United States as spouses of US servicemen stationed in Asia. They helped to shift the demographic of the Asian American population.

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War Bride and Inlaws

September 4, 1946

Queens, New York, United States

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ACME

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1946-09-04

Location

Queens, New York, United States

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Asian Exclusion: Aliens Ineligible to Citizenship, Module 4

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Photograph

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Museum of Chinese in America

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Courtesy of Roy Delbyck, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection

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42.04.IMG.024

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ACME

Date

1946-09-04

Location

Queens, New York, United States

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Asian Exclusion: Aliens Ineligible to Citizenship, Module 4

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Image

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Photograph

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Museum of Chinese in America

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Courtesy of Roy Delbyck, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection

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42.04.IMG.024

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