2003.110.28

Paper bound book used by sisters Bette and Peggy Chinn when they were students at the Chinese School in Oakland. The school was located at 9th and Harrison in the first free public Chinese Community Center, which was sponsored by Joe Shoong Foundation. Students attended class from 4:00 - 6:00 pm when they were young, and from 6:00 - 8:00 pm when they were high school students. Some of the pieces in this collection were also used by Bette's and Peggy's mother, Mary Lew Chinn, and their uncles Peter and Roy Lew. There are two full colored illustrations in this book; the first shows "cavemen" and the second shows firemen putting out a fire. Other illustrations of cave people are done in black and white. There are also illustrations of school.

A Chinese text titled `New Edition General Knowledge Reader' (volume 3) for grade school students covering subjects associated with school, daily living, habita, food and clothing of people living in warm and cold weather areas. (E. Lee May 2005).

Used: Bette Chinn | Peggy Chinn | Chinatown neighborhood | Chinese School | Chinese language