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Box 3

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

"Should Foreign Emigration be Encouraged or Restricted, if Either, How” Manuscript, undated

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 9, Object: 1
Identifier: id261928
Scope and Contents This folder includes a manuscript by an unknown author on the subject of foreign immigration into the United States of America. The author argues that foreign populations should be restricted from coming to the United States. The manuscript also discusses the various races and ethnicities that should be restricted, including the Irish, the Jewish population, Italians, and the African and Asian races. The document concludes with a list of prohibitions that the author would impose to keep the...
Dates: undated

Paragon Dried Beef Advertisements, 1870

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1, Object: 1
Identifier: id262117
Scope and Contents

The Paragon Beef trading cards include negative images of Chinese men with long braids and stereotypical straw hats.

Dates: 1870

Fourth of July Postcard, undated

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, Object: 1
Identifier: id262117
Scope and Contents

This Fourth of July postcard displays racist imagery towards Asian Americans. The card portrays an Asian woman running away from a fire cracker.

Dates: undated