by justin | Nov 27, 2019 | Collection
by justin | Jul 26, 2015 | Collection
The Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA) Museum introduces our Work of Giants: Chinese Railroad Worker Project. This initiative was launched in 2014 on the occasion of the 145th anniversary of the completion of the United States’ first Transcontinental...
by justin | Apr 20, 2011 | Collection, Exhibits, Online Exhibits
CHSA began a project of digitizing our photography collection and posting it online to History Pin, thanks to our faithful volunteer, Nancy Fong. History Pin is a global history project that allows you to compare historic photos to their modern day locations. While...
by justin | Apr 6, 2011 | Collection
Kublai Khan was a nightclub founded by Eddie Pond in the 1940s featuring all-Chinese and sometimes Asian cast members singing and dancing to the popular music of the time. These performers shattered traditional stereotypes of the Chinese American community while...
by justin | Oct 29, 2010 | Collection, Exhibits
At CHSA The Chinese Historical Society of America rediscovered eight watercolor paintings by renowned Chinese-American artist Jake Lee. Jake Lee (1911–1991) was born in Guangzhou, China and grew up in Monterey, California. Lee studied at San Jose State College and...
by justin | Oct 29, 2010 | Collection, Exhibits
In the CHSA Learning Center is an historic mural by James Leong (1929-2011), “One Hundred Years’ History of the Chinese in America.” James Leong was born in San Francisco Chinatown. His work as reporter and ad salesman for the Chinese Press put him...
by justin | Mar 8, 2007 | Collection, Exhibits
The Chinatown Miniatures Collection was acquired by CHSA in 2004, as a donation from the artist, Frank Wong. This donation consisted of seven miniatures of scenes of Chinatown. The miniatures are on permanent display in CHSA’S Yick Gallery, and they are the...
by justin | Mar 5, 2005 | Collection
The Chinese Historical Society of America acquired the personal collection of Daniel K.E. Ching, consisting of thousands of two- and three-dimensional representations of Chinese Americans in 19th and early 20th century American popular culture. These astounding...
by justin | Mar 5, 2005 | Collection
Daniel Ching’s first family ancestor to come to America was Chinn Mook, who was born in approximately 1861 in Huizhou (now Huiyang), Guangdong Province, and who emigrated to Hawaii in 1881. Daniel K.E. Ching (Chen Jingyuan) was born in Honolulu on June 11, 1931,...
