1906 Chinese Immigrant’s Lacquer Trunk

Description (Brief):

In 1906 Ng Shee Lee packed her clothes and belongings in this trunk and left China for America. It was a difficult trip. She slept next to the noisy engine room; arriving tired and sick in San Francisco she was met by the devastating 1906 earthquake. Ng Shee then made her way alone by train across Canada to New York where she rejoined her husband, Lee B. Lok.

In 1906 Nge Shee Lee packed her clothes and belongings in this trunk and left China for America. It was a difficult trip. She slept next to the noisy engine room; arriving tired and sick in San Francisco she was met by the devastating 1906 earthquake. Ng Shee then made her way alone by train across Canada to New York where she rejoined her husband.

Date Made: ca 1906

Maker: unknown

Place Made: ChinaArrived At: United States: New York, Manhattan, Chinatown

Referenced: ImmigrationImmigrantsUsed: Chinese AmericansRelated Event: The Emergence of Modern America

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Costume, Cultures & Communities, Family & Social Life, Transportation, Chinese American

Exhibition: On the Water

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Related Web Publication: http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=set_name:%22Lee+Chinese-American+Family+Papers%2C+ca.+1915-1970%22

Related Publication: Mead, Virginia Lee. Lee Chinese -American Family Papers, ca. 1915-1970

Credit Line: Gift of James Edgar Mead and Virginia Lee Mead

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1992.0620.01Catalog Number: 1992.0620.01Accession Number: 1992.0620

Object Name: trunk

Physical Description: leather (overall material)metal (overall material)Measurements: trunk closed: 34 cm x 46 cm x 70 cm; 13 3/8 in x 18 1/8 in x 27 9/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-acfe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1119903

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