Photography: Chinese in New York, 1921

China Review, October 1921

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Next post on Wednesday: 1955 Landbook Atlas, New York Chinatown)

Television: Chinese Working on the Railroad

Some vintage and recent television westerns with Chinese laborers working on the railroad.

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
“Pilot” aired August 27, 1994, with James Hong, Chi Muoi Lo, Stuart Quan,

Cimarron City
“Chinese Invasion” aired March 21, 1959, with Lisa Lu, James Hong, Spencer Chan, Owen Song

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
”The Train” aired September 24, 1994, with Eric Michael Zee
“Things My Father Never Taught Me” aired February 10, 1995, with Eric Michael Zee
“Hell on Wheels” aired December 9, 1995, with Eric Michael Zee

Have Gun Will Travel
“Hey Boy’s Revenge” aired April 12, 1958, with Kam Tong (Hey Boy), Philip Ahn, Lisa Lu (Hey Girl), Harold Fong, Spencer Chan, Paul King, Owen Song, Walter Soo Hoo

Hell on Wheels
Season 5, 2015–2016

The Iron Horse
“The Dynamite Driver” aired September 19, 1966, with James Hong, William Saito
“Sister Death” aired April 3, 1967, with James Hong

Kung Fu
“The Garments of Rage” aired November 8, 1974, with Philip Ahn, James Shigeta, James Hong, Johnny Yune, Jay Jay Jue

Little House on the Prairie
“To Live with Fear, Part 2” aired February 21, 1977, with James Shigeta

The Magnificent Seven
“Chinatown” aired July 9, 1999, with John Cho, George Kee Cheung, Jim Lau, Kathleen Luong, Tzi Ma, Roland Nip, Arsenio “Sonny” Trinidad

Wanted: Dead or Alive
“Black Belt” aired March 19, 1960, with Robert Kino


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Chinese at the 1869 Golden Spike Ceremony
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Chinese Laborers at the Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

(Next post on Friday: The Asian Interracial Kiss)

Life During Wartime

Life
December 22, 1941
How to Tell Japs from the Chinese

Pocket Guide to China 

War Department, 1942

How to Spot a Jap

 





























Scientific American
September 1943
Do you know the two big differences between the Japs and the Chinese?
Ethyl Corporation advertisement

Intelligence Bulletin
March 1945
Is He Jap or Chinese?

After the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese government announced its surrender on August 15, 1945. On September 2, 1945, General MacArthur accepted the surrender.


(Next post on Friday: Quarantine Station, San Francisco)