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Chinese Village
The Chinese Village on the midway at the St. Louis World’s Fair (1904). This exhibit promised visitors the chance to experience a romanticized version of the “Far East,” catering to white fantasies of China as an exotic kingdom lost in time. The Chinese Village employed Frank Tape and Mamie Tape’s husband, Herman Lowe.
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Harold and Emily Tape at the Chinese Village
Children of Chinese American merchants were employed in the Chinese Village and costumed to appear as though they were from China. Mamie’s children, Harold (front row, right) and Emily (front row, third from right), were part of this group.
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“Da Silva Feels Law’s Clutches”
This article reports on the arrest of H.L. Eça da Silva who was charged with “importing” Chinese women into the country for “immoral purposes.” The association between Chinese women and sex work made Chinese American women especially vulnerable to sexual violence, targeted deportations, and arrest.
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“Slave Relates Her Sad Story”
Article “Slave Relates Her Sad Story” from the San Francisco Call details the testimony of Leung Ah Duck against her trafficker, H. L. Eça da Silva. Stories of Chinese “slaves” trafficked to the United States were weaponized by Nativist and anti-Asian actors to argue for restrictions on Chinese immigration.
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“Bogus Certificates Are Sold to Chinese”
In 1906 Frank Tape reported and arrested four Chinese American men for selling fraudulent immigration certificates.
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Interpreter Herman Low
An image of the Portland immigration staff. Interpreter Herman Lowe is in the third row, far left.
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“Chinese Blood Goes into the Bureau”
President Roosevelt’s Work Undone by the Appointment of Herman Low as Official Interpreter.
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Seid Gain
Seid Gain was a Chinese interpreter for the US Bureau of Immigration, circa 1905–1909, then became a member of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Portland during the 1920s.
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Tape Family Summer Home
A photo of the Tape summer home, Camp Meeker, located near the Russian River in Sonoma County, circa 1905. The image features Joseph (in rocker), Gertrude (reading), Robert Park (on rail), Emily Tape’s husband and a court interpreter and civil rights leader, and Emily, and their son, Frank. Photograph by Mary Tape.
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Tape Family Outing
Tape family outing to Cypress Point, near Monterey, California, circa 1915. Left to right: Florence, Edward, and Winifred Park; Gertrude Chan (Tape); Bernice Park; Mary and Joseph Tape; Daisy Lee; Emily Park (Tape) and Frank Park.
