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Student Chuan-Yen Liu

Date: 03 05 1949
Description: Chuan-Yen Liu, a University of Wisconsin graduate student in economics, working at the Truax Field cafeteria. The students at the University of Wisconsin h...
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Charles Toy

Date: 08 28 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Charles Toy, Milwaukee importer of Chinese merchandise and owner of Chinese restaurant.
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A cyanotype photograph of a man in oriental dress on the Midway of the World's Columbian Exposition. He stands behind a gate; a sign warns, "No Admittance ...
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Unidentified Woman in Hat

Date: 
Description: Possibly a picture of Harold Gauer's brother Norman's "exotic oriental' dancer wife. Photograph was taken in the Brady Street "Lab."
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Shanghai Woman

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a woman from Shanghai in a traditional costume and holding a hand fan.
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Fannie Ward and Sessue Hayakawa in "The Cheat"

Date: 1915
Description: Dramatic publicity still of Fannie Ward (playing Edith Hardy) and Sessue Hayakawa (as Hishuru Tori) in "The Cheat" (Lasky, 1915). Original caption: "Edith ...
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Sessue Hayakawa in "His Birthright."

Date: 1918
Description: Sessue Hayakawa sits in a chair with his fist raised in a publicity still for "His Birthright" (Haworth 1918).
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Sessue Hayakawa

Date: 1916
Description: Sessue Hayakawa in a portrait by the Hartsook Studio.
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Sessue Hayakawa

Date: 1918
Description: Sessue Hayakawa in a studio portrait. The original caption reads: "Sessue Hayakawa. Star in Special productions. Produced by Haworth Picture Corporation....
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Tohiro Mifume and Machiko Kyo in Rashomon

Date: 1950
Description: Publicity still of Tohiro Mifume as Tajomaru the bandit and Machiko Kyo as his wife Masago in Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950).
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Machiko Kyo and Masayuki Mori in Ugetsu Monogatari

Date: 1953
Description: Machiko Kyo, as Lady Wakasa, places an order with Genjuro the potter, played by Masayuki Mori, in Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu Monogatari (1953).
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Yûnosuke Itô and Takashi Shimura in Ikiru

Date: 1952
Description: Scene still of Yûnosuke Itô, as the writer, and Takashi Shimura, as the dying bureaucrat Kanji Watanabe, in Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952).
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Emmanuele Riva and Eiji Okada in Hiroshima mon amour

Date: 1959
Description: Scene still of Emmanuele Riva, as she, and Eiji Okada, as he, in Alain Resnais's Hiroshima mon amour (1959).
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Eiji Okada and Kyôko Kishida in Suna no onna (Woman in the Dunes)

Date: 1964
Description: Eiji Okada, as the amateur entomologist Niki Jumpei, and Kyôko Kishida, as the woman, in Hiroshi Teshigahara's Suna no onna (Woman in the Dunes, 196...
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Maryknoll School

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Description: Five young boys waiting to enter Maryknoll School in China.
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The "Guardian" Chinese Tour

Date: 04 1974
Description: Supporters of the "Guardian," a weekly radical newspaper, visiting the birthplace of Mao Tse Tung.
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"Buryat Prince" on Platform near Imperial Train

Date: 1917
Description: A man wearing a long coat belted at the waist, and a cap, is standing on a platform. The original caption identifies the man as a "Buryat prince." In the b...
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Korean Man near Vladivostok

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption reads: "Native Korean, just outside Vladivostok [Russia]."
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Nguyen Family Portrait

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Description: A studio portrait of the Nguyen family. From left to right are: Thuy, Trong (father), Minh, Hong (mother), Mary, Kim (grandfather), and Charlie.
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Mary Nguyen's Birthday Cake

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Description: Members of the Nguyen family gather around Mary Nguyen as she inhales deeply to blow out candles on her birthday cake. From left to right are: Charlie, Mar...

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