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Chinatown News, 1954-09-18 - 1964-07-18
Series
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1954-09-18 - 1964-07-18
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
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2011.013, Chinatown News
Interview with Aurora Len, 1997-08-27
Item
Identifier: 2015.007.002
Abstract
Aurora Len, a Chinese-Cuban-American woman discusses her mixed background. She was born in and grew up in Havana, Cuba,where her father owned a fruit store and several other businesses. Though her family was Chinese, her father and his brother were brought to Havana, Cuba by her grandfather at very young age after her grandmother passed away and later her father moved back to China and married her mother. Len herself went to China at age fourteen in 1937 and then moved to the United States...
Dates:
1997-08-27
Miscellaneous Objects and Artworks, 1952-1990
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
This sub-series consists of thirteen objects as well as three paintings related to Chinese American culture and art. Objects include wine bottles, fortunetelling sticks, a jigsaw puzzle, a glass tumbler, a tin can, merchandise packagings, a war memorial medal, a ceramic large plate with match covers and a check, a letterpress block, and a shirt.
Three paintings are by artists Helen Gee (Yun Gee's wife), Paul Fung Jr., and Irving Sinclair.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1952-1990
Oral History Interview with Bert Feinberg, 2008-12-21
Item
Identifier: 2008.040.006
Abstract
Bert Feinberg, native to Brooklyn and long-term resident of New York, describes his experiences in Chinatown and the block often referred to as the Daily Forward block, colloquially named after the Yiddish Daily Forward newspaper. There, Feinberg was employed at a family-owned catering and restaurant business called the Garden Cafeteria. During his time at the Cafeteria between 1949 and 1974, he saw significant demographic changes in the neighborhood. Feinberg initially estimates that the...
Dates:
2008-12-21
Oral History Interview with Betty Sze, 2007-10-25
Item
Identifier: 2008.040.008
Abstract
Betty Sze discusses her vague memory of spending her early childhood playing outside of the Grand Machinery Exchange building, which was located on Centre Street. Her father owned a produce wholesale supply company, while her mother worked in factories. In her interview, she describes gentrification in terms of rent-prices consistently rising, developers becoming more aggressive in planning building projects, and entire neighborhoods such as Little Italy, being taken over by Chinese...
Dates:
2007-10-25
Oral History Interview with Carol Xie, October 29, 2020
Item
Identifier: 2020.020.022
Abstract
MOCA sits down with Carol Xie to discuss her experience volunteering at her family’s restaurant, Purple Dot, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Carol explains how she has been managing the restaurant’s social media presence while also working a separate job. She also talks about her family’s history and roots in China up until her father bought the restaurant. She discusses growing up adjacent to the Chinatown where Purple Dot is located as well as the importance of the area to her childhood....
Dates:
October 29, 2020
Oral History Interview with Ching Yeh Chen, 2007-11-09
Item
Identifier: 2008.040.003
Abstract
Born in Chongqing, China and raised in Taiwan, Ching Yeh Chen came to the United States in 1971 to pursue a graduate and masters degree. Chen finally settled in New York and joined her husband operating a retail corporation, Pearl River Market, which was officially founded in 1980. Discussing the history of Pearl River, Chen explains that the corporation had been created to introduce the “real China” to the American society, since as Chen argues there was no significant relationship between...
Dates:
2007-11-09
Oral History Interview with Chris Yeo, 07-01-2015 - 2016-12-31
Item
Identifier: 2016.037.031
Abstract
Chris Yeo sits down with MOCA to talk about his experience leaving Singapore and coming to the US where he opened a series of successful restaurants. He explains his journey from opening a salon to becoming a restaurateur and several of the things that he’s learned about cooking for American patrons. He discusses his family and how his cooking stems from a desire to please people. Chris also shares some anecdotes about his experience on Food Network and speaking at the Smithsonian...
Dates:
07-01-2015 - 2016-12-31
Oral History Interview with Connie Ling, 2008-02-12
Item
Identifier: 2008.040.025
Abstract
Connie Ling, born in the Philippines and later a resident of Hong Kong during the 1960s, summarizes her experiences emigrating with her husband from Hong Kong to New York in 1967. Ling initially lived and worked in Chinatown, where she found employment as a machine operator in a garment factory. During her ten years working for the garment industry, Ling recalls an influx of Chinese immigrants and substantial growth in industrial businesses. After serving as a factory chairwoman for several...
Dates:
2008-02-12
Oral History Interview with Francis Tso, 2010-07-13
Item
Identifier: 2008.040.004
Abstract
Francis Tso moved to the United States from Hong Kong in 1976, and settled two year later in Chinatown. For over thirty years, he and his wife have run a newsstand located on Canal Street that was handed down from Tsos father and leased through the city. Tso portrays Chinatown as a haven for those who do not speak English and, while he says he has seen an increase in business at his stand as a result of development in the area, he also realizes that many non-English speakers are finding it...
Dates:
2010-07-13
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