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  • Black and white photo of a Chinese family sitting on the porch steps outside their home.

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    Emily, Mary, Frank, and Gertrude

    Photo of Emily, Mary, Frank, and Gertrude in the early 1910s.

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    The Tape Family & Chinese American Civil Rights, Module 2
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  • A line of lion dancers are in the foreground. In the background is a paifang, or a traditional chinese gateway.

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    Chinese Village

    Chinese Village at the 1904 World Fair in St. Louis, MO.

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  • A group of ten Chinese American children of various ages, dressed to appear as though they were from China.

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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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  • Article titled, "Da Silva Feels Law's Clutches: Arrested in St. Louis by Secret Service Men on a Very Serious Charge," from the San Francisco Call.

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    Da Silva feels Law’s clutches

    Article “Da Silva Feels Law’s Clutches” from the San Francisco Call.

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  • Article titled, "Slave Relates Her Sad Story," from the San Francisco Call.

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    Slave relates her sad story

    Article “Slave Relates Her Sad Story” from the San Francisco Call.

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  • July 1, 1906 edition of the San Francisco Call. Article is titled "Bogus Certificates Are Sold to Chinese: Immigration Officials Find Many Mongolians Hold Worthless Papers."

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    Bogus certificates are sold to Chinese

    Article “Bogus Certificates Are Sold To Chinese” from the San Francisco Call.

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  • The staff of Portland immigration gathered on the steps for a photo. In the third row, on the far left, is Herman Lowe.

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    Interpreter Herman Low

    Portland immigration staff. Interpreter Herman Lowe is in the third row, far left.

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  • The San Francisco Call from 1905. Article is titled "Chinese Blood Goes Into the Bureau: President Roosevelt's Work Undone by Appointmen of Herman Low as Official Interpreter."

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    Chinese blood goes into the Bureau

    Article “Chinese Blood Goes Into the Bureau” from the San Francisco Call.

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  • Seid Gain.

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    Seid Gain

    Seid Gain, Chinese interpreter at large, U.S. Bureau of Immigration, c. 1905Ð1909, and member of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Portland, 1920s.

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  • Black and white photo of a family sitting on the porch of their summer home. There is a young boy laying on a lawnchair and a young girl reading a book.

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    Tape Family summer home

    Tape summer home, Camp Meeker, near the Russian River in Sonoma County, ca. 1905. Joseph (in rocker), Gertrude (reading), Robert Park (on rail), Emily Park and son Frank. Photograph by Mary Tape.

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  • The Mochida family stands for a photo while waiting for the evacuation bus. Each member has a tag around their neck, and at their feet are three bags marked "Mochida."

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II

    Stan Yogi

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  • Young Kimiko Kitagaki waits in Oakland for a bus to transport her to a government camp, with tags with her name and government-assigned family number attached to her suitcase.

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    Module 1: Overview & Introduction

    Stan Yogi

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    The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
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    Module 2: Setting the Stage for Japanese American Mass Incarceration

    Stan Yogi

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
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  • The Mochida family stands for a photo while waiting for the evacuation bus. Each member has a tag around their neck, and at their feet are three bags marked "Mochida."

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    Module 3: Forced Uprooting and Incarceration

    Stan Yogi

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
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  • Several officers crowd around as an officer grabs an inmate in the Tule Lake jail. The inmates clothes are ripped.

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    Module 4: Cooperation, Resistance, and Dissent

    Stan Yogi

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
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  • Nagaishi family standing in front of their garage that is vandalized with the words "No Japs Wanted." The father is holding a young boy in his arms while standing next to his wife and young daughter.

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    Module 5: Starting Over

    Stan Yogi

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
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  • A group of activists from the Van Troi Youth Brigade march during a demonstration.

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    Module 6: Redress and Solidarity

    Stan Yogi

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
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  • Family portrait of the Tape family in 1884. Joseph and Mary are sitting on chairs while Joseph has Emily on his lap. Mamie and Frank are sitting between them. Label at the bottom reads 'Brown, 606 Kearny Street, San Francisco.'

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights

    Mae Ngai

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  • Family portrait of the Tape family in 1884. Joseph and Mary are sitting on chairs while Joseph has Emily on his lap. Mamie and Frank are sitting between them. Label at the bottom reads 'Brown, 606 Kearny Street, San Francisco.'

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    Module 1: That Chinese Girl

    Mae Ngai

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights
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