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[Chinese consular passport] : [form]

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Description: Printed form in English and Chinese issued after the passage Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. The form was issued by the Chinese Consul General and Consul for the United States in San Francisco and certifies that the bearer is a subject of the Emperor "Kewong Su" (Guangxu Emperor, 1871-1908) and should have free passage in the United States. English portion is printed on one page of a 4 page folded sheet and the Chinese portion is printed on one side of an inserted leaf. Both forms have blanks to insert the relevant information: Citizen's name, age, occupation, place of residence, physical description, date of issue and the signatures of the Consul General and Consul.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [After 1882]
Call number: 644722
Provenance: Provenance unknown, in library as of 2014.
Rights: Fragile item, must be reviewed by Conservation before paging or imaging.

Jean Pene passport

Manuscripts

A passport issued to Jean Pene to travel from France to San Francisco, California in 1857. The passport is in French, a printed form, filled in; on the verso is an endorsement stamp, with information filled in and signed. The passport is damaged, with the upper right corner torn away and some old repairs.

mssHM 65242

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Chinese medical ephemera

Manuscripts

This collection contains five woodblock printed documents about traditional Chinese medicine. There are two raffle tickets issued by the Tongren Jishantang charity clinic. The three other documents, issued by Jingxiutang are a prescription and advertisements for a cure-all remedy. These documents were likely circulated within the Chinese American community in the United States.

mssCME

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Chinese medical ephemera

Manuscripts

mssCME

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[Unknown author]. Duplicate Prescription Form for Medical Liquor

Manuscripts

(1 p.) Printed form, filled in. Form issued under the authority of the National Prohibition Act for a patient living in Pennsylvania. Originally laid into RB 649507, "Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences," v. 4.

HM 83526

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Blank forms -- Passports

Manuscripts

The Hong family papers were organized into six series with sets of subseries. 1) You Chung Hong series (Business, Chinatown, Chinese American Citizens Alliance, education, legal, personal, and political activities). 2) Mabel Hong series (Education, personal, and community activities). 3) Nowland C. Hong series (Chinese American Citizens Alliance, personal, and political activities). 4) Roger S. Hong series (Business, Chinatown, education, personal, and community activities). 5) Ephemera series. 6) Oversize Series. The Hong family papers were organized into six series with sets of subseries. 1) You Chung Hong series (Business, Chinatown, Chinese American Citizens Alliance, education, legal, personal, and political activities). 2) Mabel Hong series (Education, personal, and community activities). 3) Nowland C. Hong series (Chinese American Citizens Alliance, personal, and political activities). 4) Roger S. Hong series (Business, Chinatown, education, personal, and community activities). 5) Ephemera series. 6) Oversize Series. The Hong family photos were organized into five series with sets of subseries. 1) You Chung Hong photo series (Photographic and textual files). 2) Mabel Hong photo series (Photographic and textual files). 3) Nowland C. Hong photo series (Photographic and textual files). 4) Roger S. Hong photo series (Photographic and textual files). 5) Oversize photo series.

mssHong Family papers

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Ogden's Guinea Gold photographic cigarette cards

Visual Materials

A group of ten small photographs related to China and Japan that were issued as cigarette cards inside packets of Ogden's Guinea Gold cigarettes. Images depict: a group of Chinese Boxers; "Lin Ta Jen," a supporter of the Boxers; Chinese Christians; "A Mandarin and his family"; the Taku Forts in China; the Empress Dowager Cixi; Mutsuhito, Emperor of Japan; and the British Navy in Hong Kong harbor. The cards have printed captions.

photPF 26012

[Chinese consular passport] : [form]

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