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Good Health Day

Good Health Day

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Description
T-shirt for the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center’s 2018 Good Health Day. Held annually, Good Health Day is a community health fair geared to underserved Asian Americans in New York City. The event commemorates the 1971 Chinatown (NY) health fair organized by young Chinese American activists that led to the establishment of the center. The shirt has characters in Chinese and Korean, reflecting the growth of the Korean American population in New York and the demographic expansion in the population the center serves.
Object Name
t-shirt
date made
2018
Associated Place
China
Physical Description
cotton (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 72 cm x 84.5 cm; 28 11/32 in x 33 9/32 in
ID Number
2018.0234.03
accession number
2018.0234
catalog number
2018.0234.03
Credit Line
Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
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Data Source
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