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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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  • Hmong Americans Tou and Chue Lee of Lee's One Fortune Farm stand among rows of crops, casually dressed in jeans.

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    Module 3: Building Communities

    Heidi Kim

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    Asian Americans in the United States South
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  • Mary Harrison Lee mugshot, front facing and in profile. Lee wears a floral print dress with short hair and the mugshot board around her neck.

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    Module 4: The Fight for Civil Rights

    Heidi Kim

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    Asian Americans in the United States South
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  • Abraham Verghese, in a white button down shirt, poses for a headshot in front of a whiteboard. On desk in front of him is an open notebook.

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    Module 5: Literature and Identity

    Heidi Kim

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    Asian Americans in the United States South
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    Chapter Overview: Asian American and Pacific Islanders and the Media

    Lori Lopez

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    Overview

    Lori Lopez

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    Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the Media
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  • Illustrated poster for The Face of Fu Manchu. Fu Manchu is positioned near center, with a dragon behind him. Violent vignettes appear around border.

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    Module 2: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Mainstream Media: A History

    Lori Lopez

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    Asian American and Pacific Islanders and the Media
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  • Maya stands on steps leading to an intricately gold-painted door. She gestures to one of the surrounding statues.

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    Chapter Overview: Maya Soetoro and the Making of Indonesian America

    Dorothy Fujita-Rony with Maya Soetoro

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  • Black and white family photo: Maya is an infant in her mother's lap. Her father and brother sit to either side of her mother on a bench.

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    Module 1: Maya Soetoro: A Biographical Overview

    Dorothy Fujita-Rony with Maya Soetoro

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    Maya Soetoro and the Making of Indonesian America
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  • A float with 3 statues in gold costumes, large, purple umbrellas, all surrounded by flowers. Dancers in ornate flower costumes walk next to the float.

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    Module 2: Indonesian American History

    Dorothy Fujita-Rony with Maya Soetoro

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    Maya Soetoro and the Making of Indonesian America
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