CHINESE AMERICAN IMAGES

CHINATOWN STORIES (1940 - 1980)
Photography by Kem Lee

Kem Lee immigrated to the United States in 1927. As a photographer, Lee took portraits of hundreds of Chinatown residents from bachelors to newlyweds to large families. As a photojournalist, Lee provided nearly all of the photographs for the local Chinese newspapers. These photos depict people and events at different historical periods and illustrate how one ethnic community has changed over time. The Kem Lee Collection contains hundreds of images and negatives. The Kem Lee Photo Collection is unprocessed.

Asian Amer PIC 1993

PHOTO OF MR. KEM LEE

MR. KEM LEE, MISS CHINATOWN, AND FORMER SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR JOSEPH ALIOTO IN 1970

SPRING QUEEN CANDIDATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENTS CLUB SPRING INFORMAL DANCE

Florence Foo (Berkeley)
Kim Fong (Sacramento)
Mary Ong (Marysville)
Shirley Low (Napa)
Jennie Yee (San Francisco)
Margaret Lum (Menlo Park)

CINEMATOGRAPHER JAMES WONG HOWE FILMING "FUNNY LADY"AT THE OAKLAND TRAIN STATION WITH ACTRESS BARBRA STREISAND

CHINESE OVERSEAS ARCHIVES AND CHINESE AMERICAN ARCHIVES

BAOHUANG HUI COLLECTION

In 1899, Baohuang hui (Chinese Empire Reform Association) was founded by Kang Youwei in Victoria, Canada. There were 11 main associations and 103 branch associations of Baohuang hui scattered in North America. More than half of the Chinese Overseas were members of Baohuang hui. In 1906 it was renamed the Chinese Democratic Constitutionalist Party. In 1946 it was reorganized as the Chinese Democratic Socialist Party. The collection consists of 73 bound portfolios in four cartons of Kang Youwei's speeches and writings, bylaws, business records of Baohuang hui, and newspaper clippings on the internal conflict of the Party, memorials to the Qing dynasty government (1644-1911) from Baohuang hui in Canada and the United States in the early 1900s.

Asian Amer AAS ARC 2000/78

Kang Youwei
JUE DAQING HUANGDI HUIXU
(Opening Remarks for Rescuing the Emperor)

Kang's inauguration speech at the founding of Baohuang hui in Victoria, Canada, 1899.

Wu Xianzi
HANDWRITTEN HISTORY AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHINESE DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTIONALIST PARTY, 1906

HUAMO BANK COMPANY STOCK

Prior to the establishment of the Huamo Bank, Baohuang hui issued Huamo Bank stock on May 1, 1907.