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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.
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“Jury Finds Tape Took No Bribes”
Three months after the murder of Lum Kong, Frank Tape is found “not guilty” of accepting bribes.
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“Chinese Witness Is Victim of Murderer”
The Oakland Tribune announces Lum Kong’s tragic passing. Kong died from wounds inflicted during the shooting.
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Tape Faces Two New Indictments
The Seattle Times announces the indictments brought against Frank Tape for extorting and receiving bribes from Chinese laborers applying to enter the United States.
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Tape Arrested on Smuggling Charge
Article “Former Chinese Interpreter at Seattle Immigration Station Held to Await Action by Federal Grand Jury” from the Seattle Times reports Frank Tape’s arrest for allegedly accepting bribes from Chinese migrants for entry into the country.
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Frank and Mary Tape
Frank Tape and his mother, Mary, on an outing in April 1922.
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Frank Tape in his Kissel Automobile
Frank Tape in his Kissel, Seattle, circa 1911.
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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.
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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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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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“Chinese Blood Goes into the Bureau”
President Roosevelt’s Work Undone by the Appointment of Herman Low as Official Interpreter.
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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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“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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“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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“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.
