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  • Filipino farmworkers posing in front of their car.

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    Filipino farmworker group photo near car

    Filipino farmworkers with their shared vehicle in 1943. Many Filipino farmworkers would take pictures in their best suits near their cars, despite their harsh working and living conditions, to show their families in the Philippines that they were doing well.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 1
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  • Large white tents made with wood and cloth. Label reads "Cook house and living quarters Filipino Strike Camp, Kapaa, Kauai."

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    Cook house and living quarters, Filipino Strikers Camp, 1925

    A cook house and living quarter at the Filipino Strikers Camp in Kapaa, Kauai, 1925. Camp life was often without running water and electricity. Most of the upkeep of such living spaces were done by the Filipino farmworkers.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 1
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  • Filipino migrant workers posing at a Cabbage Field in Salinas, California. In the top left are the words, "Our Pilipino Pioneers."

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    Our Pilipino Pioneers

    Filipino farmworkers gather for a group photograph in the cabbage fields of the Salinas River Valley, Salinas, California, ca. 1930.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 1
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  • Portrait of Ruby Tape in her military uniform.

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    Technical Sergeant Ruby Tape

    Technical Sergeant Ruby Tape of the Women’s Army Corps, World War II.

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights, Module 5
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  • Black and white photo of Ruby Kim with her arm around Woo Que Kim. They are standing in front of a building next to a palm tree.

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    Ruby and Her Mom, Woo Que

    Ruby and her mother, Woo Que, in Marysville, California, circa 1931.

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights, Module 5
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  • Ruby Kim in a white shirt and black pants smiles holding a rifle while holding a chicken by its feet.

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    Ruby hunting

    Ruby and her quarry at the family lodge.

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights, Module 5
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  • Frank Tape smokes a cigarette while four hunting dogs wait at his feet for food.

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    Frank Hunting

    Frank with his hunting dogs. Both he and Ruby hunted game at the family’s lodge near Ukiah, California during the 1920s.

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  • Joseph and Mary Tape stands next to Frank Tape and Ruby Kim. Behind them is a car and a wife open field.

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    Frank and Ruby Hunting with Joseph and Mary

    Frank (left), Mary, Joseph, and Ruby (right) pose after a day of hunting in the country, circa 1925.

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights, Module 5
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  • Ruby Kim in a dress and hat standing to the left of Frank Tape in a suit. They stand on a black curb.

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    Frank Tape and Ruby Kim

    Frank Tape poses with Ruby Kim. The two were married in 1921.

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  • Black and white photo of a young Ruby Tape dressed in a hat and a fur scarf while holding a leather purse standing on sandy ground.

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    Ruby Tape

    Portrait of Ruby Tape, circa 1922.

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights, Module 5
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    Chapter Overview: Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers

    Lauren Daus, Catherine De Guzman, Rudy Guevarra Jr., Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Mark Pulliodo, Robyn Rodriguez, Gayle Romasanta, Stacey Salinas, and Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales

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    Module 1: Overview: Labor and Activism of Filipino Farmworkers

    Rudy Guevarra Jr., Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, and Lauren Daus

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    Labor and Activism of Filipino Farmworkers
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  • Larry Itliong, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee Assistant Director speaking at unknown event.

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    Module 2: Larry Itliong

    Gayle Romasanta

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    Labor and Activism of Filipino Farmworkers
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  • Four picketers with their arms raised, wavie red flags. They stand just off a dirt road on a farm.

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    Module 3: Filipinas in the Filipino Farmworker Movement

    Stacy Salinas

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers
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  • 1973 edition and 2014 edition of Carlos Bulosan's book 'America Is in the Heart.'

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    Module 4: The Life and Legacy of Carlos Bulosan

    Catherine De Guzman and Robyn Rodriguez

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    Labor and Activism of Filipino Farmworkers
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  • Filipino farmworkers pose for a group photo.

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    Module 5: Philip Vera Cruz

    Mark Pullido

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    Labor and Activism of Filipino Farmworkers
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  • Political cartoon with the metaphorical leg of California kicking a Chinese man out into the Pacific Ocean. Text above reads "The Chinese Must Go!"

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    Asian Exclusion: “Aliens Ineligible to Citizenship”

    Russell Jeung

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  • An identification photo of Wong Kim Ark, a Chinese man, from an Immigration Service affidavit, dressed in traditional Chinese clothing.

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    Module 1: Overview

    Russell Jeung

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    Asian Exclusion: “Aliens Ineligible to Citizenship”
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  • Political cartoon with the metaphorical leg of California kicking a Chinese man out into the Pacific Ocean. Text above reads "The Chinese Must Go!"

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    Module 2: Restriction and Exclusion from Migration

    Russell Jeung

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    Asian Exclusion: “Aliens Ineligible to Citizenship”
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