Friday, August 28, 2020

Photography: Mabel Ping-hua Lee

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 27, 1908




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York Herald, March 14, 1911; I believe Lee is third from the left




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York Evening World, April 12, 1912; I retouched the image to remove printing imperfections.




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York Tribune, April 13, 1912



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York Tribune, April 14, 1912; left to right, Mrs. Lee Towe, Mabel Lee, and Rev. Lee Towe


 

The Farmer, May 1, 1912; photo also appeared in the Democratic Banner, May 3, 1912 and Cairo Bulletin, May 4, 1912


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Chinese Students' Monthly, February 10, 1914; Chinese Students' Club of Columbia University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Chinese Students' Monthly, February 1915; Columbia Chinese Students' Club

New York Tribune, June 22, 1915

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1916 Mortarboard, Barnard College yearbook (at Ancestry.com), Silver Bay group

 
1916 Mortarboard, Barnard College yearbook, Class of 1916

 

1916 Mortarboard, Barnard College yearbook, senior portrait



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chinese Students Monthly, April 1916













New York Sun, March 29, 1923; written in red ink “N.Y. Sun 3/29-'23” and at the bottom of the border it says “Sun Staff Photos”


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Troy Times, March 31, 1923



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syracuse Journal, April 4, 1923; see Library of Congress link below; also published in the Buffalo Morning Express, April 22, 1923

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York Sun, April 2, 1942

 

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Friday, August 21, 2020

Jake Lee paintings from Kan's Restaurant will be reunited!

Jake Lee produced twelve paintings for Kan's Restaurant in San Francisco. Four paintings from a private collector will be purchased by the Chinese Historical Society of America which owns the other eight paintings. You can contribute to CHSA's purchase at its gofundme page.

Sue Lee video interview with David Perry, August 17, 2020. She talks about Jake and Kan's.

Here are the twelve paintings from the 2011 "Finding Jake Lee" catalog.

 

Lantern Making in San Francisco

 
Miners in Mother Lode Country
 

Shrimp Camp at China Camp

Shoemakers in Massachusetts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chinese Opera House in San Francisco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chinese New Year Celebration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pig Roasting in Nevada City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Champion Firehose Team of Deadwood, South Dakota

Vineyard Workers in Sonoma County

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cigar Makers in San Francisco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laborers Working on Central Pacific Railroad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Immigrants Disembarking Ship


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A set of postcards was produced. Below are four of twelve numbered postcards. The number is in postage stamp box.

#3 Lantern Making, San Francisco


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#4 Laborers Working on Central Pacific Railroad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 #9 Chinese Opera House, San Francisco















 
#11 Chinese New Year Celebration, San Francisco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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