2025.002.122-3 Poster advertising a Chinese Film Festival held at the now-defunct Loews Festival Theater on West 57th Street on June 7, 1973. It was the first film festival of its kind showing films made in the People's Republic of China to American audiences. Photograph taken by Emile Bocian, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA).

2025.002.122-3 Poster advertising a Chinese Film Festival held at the now-defunct Loews Festival Theater on West 57th Street on June 7, 1973. It was the first film festival of its kind showing films made in the People’s Republic of China to American audiences. Photograph taken by Emile Bocian, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA).

The 1973 Chinese Film Festival

2014.029.594a Aerial view of the schoolyard at JHS 65, where students held a Carnival Day to raise funds for school supplies and physical education equipment, May 26, 1976. Photograph taken by Emile Bocian, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

2014.029.594a Aerial view of the schoolyard at JHS 65, where students held a Carnival Day to raise funds for school supplies and physical education equipment, May 26, 1976. Photograph taken by Emile Bocian, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

Carnival in a Time of Crisis

2025.002.317-22 Photograph of Gerrie Lani Miyazaki, Kitty Chen, Ernest Abuba, and Eddie Chen during the dress rehearsal of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

2025.002.317-22 Photograph of Gerrie Lani Miyazaki, Kitty Chen, Ernest Abuba, and Eddie Chen during the dress rehearsal of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Weaving Heritage on American Stage: Tisa Chang 1973-1974, by Heather Guo

March Fong Eu, photographed by Dale Berman for Rice Magazine, Nov 1988, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Journals & Magazines Collection.

March Fong Eu, photographed by Dale Berman for Rice Magazine, Nov 1988, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Journals & Magazines Collection.

March Fong Eu

Iris Chang, ca. early 2000s. From Audrey: The Asian American Women's Lifestyle Magazine, February/March 2005, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Journals & Magazines Collection.

Iris Chang, ca. early 2000s. From Audrey: The Asian American Women’s Lifestyle Magazine, February/March 2005, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Journals & Magazines Collection.

Iris Chang

“Unite & Fight for Our Rights!” banner promoting the Chinatown Street Fair from July 28th-August 5th, 1973, on Mott Street at the intersection of Bayard. Photograph taken by Emile Bocian, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

“Unite & Fight for Our Rights!” banner promoting the Chinatown Street Fair from July 28th-August 5th, 1973, on Mott Street at the intersection of Bayard. Photograph taken by Emile Bocian, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

1973 Chinatown Street Fair

Dr. Betty Lee Sung at the first national conference of the Chinese Historical Society of America held in San Francisco on July 10-12, 1975. Courtesy of Dr. Betty Lee Sung, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

Dr. Betty Lee Sung at the first national conference of the Chinese Historical Society of America held in San Francisco on July 10-12, 1975. Courtesy of Dr. Betty Lee Sung, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

Dr. Betty Lee Sung, Pioneer in Chinese American Studies

1992.005.029 Fay Chew Matsuda and MOCA staff saving a sign from Mee Heung Chow Main Company, once located at 75 Mott Street. Photograph taken by Leh-Chyum Lin on February 13, 1992. Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

1992.005.029 Fay Chew Matsuda and MOCA staff saving a sign from Mee Heung Chow Main Company, once located at 75 Mott Street. Photograph taken by Leh-Chyum Lin on February 13, 1992. Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

Fay Chew Matsuda (1949-2020)

2003.019.015 A beautician school graduation certificate issued to Sue Ying Moy by the National School of Cosmeticians affiliated with Marinello New York (Schools of Beauty, founded 1905). Issued on April 17, 1947. Courtesy of Elaine Gim, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

2003.019.015 A beautician school graduation certificate issued to Sue Ying Moy by the National School of Cosmeticians affiliated with Marinello New York (Schools of Beauty, founded 1905). Issued on April 17, 1947. Courtesy of Elaine Gim, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

A Woman-Owned Business in Chinatown

2004.096 Page 69 of a large scrapbook of Ging Hawk memorabilia compiled by Lillian Dong Louie, 1930-1955. Courtesy of Alice Lee Chun, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

2004.096 Page 69 of a large scrapbook of Ging Hawk memorabilia compiled by Lillian Dong Louie, 1930-1955. Courtesy of Alice Lee Chun, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

Ging Hawk China War Relief and Valentines Socials

2015.019.062 Children making chalk drawings on the blacktop of Henry Street, July, 1972. Courtesy of Henry Chu, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

2015.019.062 Children making chalk drawings on the blacktop of Henry Street, July, 1972. Courtesy of Henry Chu, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

People’s Festival of Three Bridges

2017.003.124 Yen Liang, Dee Dee’s Birthday (New York: Oxford University Press, 1952), Courtesy of Alex Jay, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

2017.003.124 Yen Liang, Dee Dee’s Birthday (New York: Oxford University Press, 1952), Courtesy of Alex Jay, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

Chinese America’s Early Children’s Books

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