2003.110.29

c.1930s-1950s
5 in WIDE
(12.70 cm WIDE)
Gift of Mrs. Bette Chinn Dare and Mrs. Peggy Chinn Takahashi.
2003.110.29

Mary Lew

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. This book is like 2003.110.28, with two full color illstrations, one of "cavemen" and the other of firemen putting out a fire.

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

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