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History is more than just text on a page; it is the photographs, voices, and artifacts of the people who lived it. The images and recordings featured across Foundations and Futures are part of a meticulously curated media repository. Whether you are building a lesson plan or investigating an artifact, you can use this database to trace the provenance of our media: discover who created an asset, the historical context behind it, and how it can be used to bring Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences into your classroom.
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Monterey Petition
Petition signed by Monterey, California residents to welcome back Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated to incarceration camps during World War II. Published in the Monterey Peninsula Herald on May 11, 1945, it was one of the few organized efforts supporting Japanese Americans after the war.
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Barracks at the Manzanar Concentration Camp
As at the Manzanar camp, pictured here, wind frequently whipped dust through cracks in the wood of the barracks in many of the camps. The thin tar paper exterior did little to shield inhabitants from severe winter cold and stifling summer heat.
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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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Ruby and Her Mom, Woo Que
Ruby and her mother, Woo Que, in Marysville, California, circa 1931.
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Ruby hunting
Ruby and her quarry at the family lodge.
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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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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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Frank Tape and Ruby Kim
Frank Tape poses with Ruby Kim. The two were married in 1921.
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Ruby Tape
Portrait of Ruby Tape, circa 1922.
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Immigration Station, Angel Island, California
Immigration station on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay, circa 1915.
