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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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Interrogation on Angel Island
Chinese applicant at interrogation, Angel Island, 1923. Officials often suspected fraudulent applications and questioned immigrants about specific details related to families or villages to detect false stories.
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Processing Paperwork on Angel Island
Officials processing paperwork, Angel Island. Chinese exclusion laws allowed some non-laborer immigrants to enter the United States, but required substantial proof and documents.
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Dormitory on Angel Island
A Chinese men’s dormitory on Angel Island, 1910. Detained immigrants stayed in overcrowded, poorly ventilated rooms with rows of metal bunk beds set two feet apart.
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Angel Island Immigration Station
Angel Island Immigration Station. From 1882-1910, Chinese immigrating to San Francisco were detained at Angel Island while hoping to gain entry to the United States.
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Medical Examination at Angel Island
A medical examination of Chinese immigrants at Angel Island Immigration Station. These exams were extremely physically invasive, and personal belongings such as letters were often confiscated.
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Workingman’s Party of Guerneville
A political cartoon for the Workingmen’s Party of Guerneville, California, 1879 featured the phrase “The Chinese Must Go!”
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Anti-Chinese Riots in Seattle
Artist’s conception of the 1886 anti-Chinese riot in Seattle. The three panels are titled (top to bottom) “Packing Up”, “On the Wharf”, and “The Collision.”
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Official Map of San Francisco Chinatown
An “Official Map of San Francisco Chinatown” from 1885 shows names of owners, businesses, “Chinese occupancy,” “Chinese gambling houses,” and “White occupants.”
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Chinese Grocery
This undated photograph depicts a vendor standing before a Chinese grocery store in San Francisco Chinatown around the turn of the twentieth century.
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Young Woman in Chinatown
A young woman in holiday attire in Chinatown, San Francisco c. 1895-1906. Few Chinese women lived in the US in the nineteenth century, many of whom were trafficked into the sex work industry.
