Historical Photograph: Identification Photograph on Affidavit "In the Matter of Wong Kim Ark, Native Born Citizen of the United States." filed with the Immigration Service in San Francisco

United States v. Wong Kim Ark

Historical Photograph: Identification Photograph on Affidavit "In the Matter of Wong Kim Ark, Native Born Citizen of the United States." filed with the Immigration Service in San Francisco

1895

Historical Photograph

This National Archives Catalog features an 1895 portrait of Wong Kim Ark- a California-born Chinese American denied reentry into the United States after the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act. The photograph shows Wong Kim Ark in a traditional shirt from the chest up.

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National Archives Catalog (Contributor: Department of Justice. Immigration and Naturalization Service. San Francisco District Office)

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