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  • Emily Lowe in a white dress stands to the left of her dad, Herman Lowe in a suit standing at the side of their house.

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    Herman and Emily Lowe

    Herman Lowe, Mamie’s husband, with their daughter, Emily, circa 1912.

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights, Module 2
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  • Mamie with her children, Emily and Harold, and sister Emily pose for a postcard in a plane holding their hats.

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    Tape Family Postcard

    Mamie (right) with her children, Emily and Harold, and her sister, Emily, pose for a tourist postcard in Portland, circa 1912.

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  • Frank Tape sits in his father's office, working at a typewriter. In the back the office door is open, upon the door is, "MR.TAPE."

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    Frank Tape at the Pacific Mail Steamship Company

    Frank at his father’s office at the Pacific Mail Steamship Company wharf in the late 1890s.

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  • Mary Tape sitting in the center of Marnie and Frank Tape for a photo.

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    Mary, Mamie, and Frank Tape, 1890s

    Mary, Mamie, and Frank Tape in the 1890.

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  • The Tape family home on Russell Street behind a chain link fence. A field of vegetation sits in front.

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    Russell Street House

    The Tape home at 2123 Russell Street, Berkeley, circa 1895. Photograph by Mary Tape.

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  • Gertrude Tape in a black dress walking to the left of her taller friend in a white traditional dress.

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    Gertrude Tape and Friend

    Gertrude Tape (left) and an unidentified girl on Clay Avenue, behind the Chinese Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, 1894.

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  • Portrait of Gertrude Ella Tape dressed in a long black dress and a white lace headpiece leading against a stone column while holding her doll.

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    Gertrude Tape

    Portrait of Gertrude Ella Tape in the early 1890s.

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  • The article shows two drawings of the Tape family in between writings that details their accomplishments.

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    “What a Chinese Girl Did”

    An article profiling the “accomplishments” of the Tape Family featured in The Morning Call, circa 1892.

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  • Joseph Tape with his hunting rifle and two bird dogs with three buildings seen in the background up a hill.

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    Joseph Tape Hunting

    Joseph Tape with his hunting rifle and bird dogs, circa 1880.

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  • Joseph Tape's express building on the left in Sacramento and Dupont street. A horse and wagon can be seen in the front with scattered crowds walking.

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    Joseph Express Office

    Photo of the Dupont and Sacramento streets (heart of the Chinese quarter) in San Francisco, circa 1895. Joseph Tape’s express office is in the second building on the left, with the horse and wagon in front.

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    Module 5: Banglatowns, Public Art, and Community Formation

    Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, Nazli Kibria, and Sharbari Ahmed

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  • Bhangra dancers in colorful outfits are standing on one leg during a performance on stage while using sapp, a Punjabi musical instrument.

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    Chapter Overview: Indian Americans

    Vinay Lal

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  • Portrait of a Punjabi Mexican American couple, Valentina Alvarez standing on the left and Rullia Singh sitting on the right, in their wedding attire.

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    Module 1: History

    Vinay Lal

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  • An Indian Immigrant farmworker wearing overalls stands on the field harvesting beets.

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    Module 2: Demographic Profile and Economic Life

    Vinay Lal

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  • Sikh men wearing turbans, hats, and suits standing along the exterior of the Stockton Gurdwara, a place of Sikh worship and community center.

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    Module 3: Religious Life

    Vinay Lal

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  • Bhangra dancers in colorful outfits are standing on one leg during a performance on stage while using sapp, a Punjabi musical instrument.
    Module 4: Indian Culture

    Vinay Lal

  • Indian American activist Urvashi Vaid dressed in a back t-shirt and holding her right hand against her mouth.

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    Module 5: Politics, Public Life, and the Motherland

    Vinay Lal

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  • Colorfully dressed Thai dancers with tall, pointed gold headpieces lead outdoor procession, followed by men carrying Thai and US flags.

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    Chapter Overview: Thai Americans

    Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk

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  • Large banner with text "Go Home and Take Your True American Democracy Back With You" hangs in front of large field crowded with people.

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    Module 1: Departures and Arrivals

    Kanjana Hubik

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