Manuscripts

Chinese medical ephemera

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1920
Call number: mssCME
Provenance: Purchased from Asia Bookroom, October 2024.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
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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 consular passport] : [form]

Rare Books

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.

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Four Chinese women in traditional clothing crossing a street in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles

Visual Materials

Image of four women in traditional Chinese dress with fans walking across the street in Old Chinatown in Los Angeles, California.

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Printed ephemera -- Chinese Times

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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Fifth Chinese daughter

Rare Books

Jade Snow Wong grew up in a traditional Chinese family in San Francisco's pre-World War II Chinatown. It was a world in which wives were introduced by their husbands as "my inferior woman," rules were taught with corporal punishment, and home life was literally connected to the family business. She becomes determined to go to college and gain more independence than she has been taught to expect. Her decision sets off a balancing process between cultures that Jade Snow Wong, in correct Chinese third person, explores with humor, reverence, and philosophical insight.

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Portrait of a Chinese man captioned "Chinese Festival. Yee Photo, L.A."

Visual Materials

This collection contains photographs of Los Angeles' Old Chinatown and portraits of its Chinese residents, most dating from the 1890s to the 1900s. Together there are 299 glass plate negatives ranging in size from 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches to 8 x 5 inches; an ornate photograph album containing 12 studio portraits of Chinese men and women; and six additional card photograph portraits. Some printed photographs have the imprints of professional photographers and a few of the glass plate negatives are credited to "Yee Photo, L.A. Cal." They may be connected to a photographer "Yee" who at one time had a studio at 510 North Los Angeles Street in Old Chinatown (see photograph Box 8 (1)). This could possibly be Wy Yee, a photographer working during the same time period. It is unclear if he took all the photographs or there was more than one photographer. There are two glass plate images of a photographer's storefront with a sign in Chinese that translates to Jinghua Photo Studio. Scenes in Old Chinatown include: street views of buildings and storefronts; Chinese and a few white people walking in the streets; the interior of a restaurant and three Chinese workers posing for the camera; two men on bicycles; the Chinese community participating in La Fiesta de las Flores parade; and other candid photographs of people in daily activities. Some buildings have store signs in English and Chinese. The majority of photographs are portraits of primarily Chinese sitters. Several are posed studio portraits of men, women, or children, wearing traditional Chinese or western clothing, with elaborate props and backdrops. Other portraits are simple head shots of Chinese men, one of which has the handwritten date "1902," the year that the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was made permanent and required Chinese residents to register and obtain immigration documents. Other photographs include: three studio images of women showing bare shoulders, a Chinese woman posing in a sailor's uniform, and white tourists posing in traditional Chinese clothing. Photographer imprints on card photographs are: Bijou Studio, James Blanchard, George Dewey, J. H. Lamson Company, Michael A. Wesner, and "Yee," who may be photographer Wy Yee, all of Los Angeles. There is one portrait of a Chinese woman by William Shew, San Francisco. The China subseries consists of copies of photographs taken in China, including landmarks and scenes of punishment. Please note that this subseries contains historical images that library users may find harmful, offensive, or inappropriate. Miscellaneous photographs include images of Native Americans and a town in the Southwest.

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