Historical Portrait
Daisy Joe Fung, Ruby Joe Chan, Tulare, California, 1918
Archive record
Public-domain 1918 photograph of young Chinese-American women Daisy Joe Fung and Ruby Joe Chan posing outside the Joe family Shanghai café in Tulare, California.
About this photograph
Two young Chinese-American women stand outside the Joe family's Shanghai café in Tulare, a town in California's San Joaquin Valley. The photograph identifies them as Daisy Joe Fung and Ruby Joe Chan.
Tulare County sits in the San Joaquin Valley, a farming region that drew many settlers in the late nineteenth century. The area depended on irrigated agriculture and by 1918 supported a varied population, including Chinese-American families who ran businesses like this café.
The photograph comes from the Tulare County library's local history collection, which documents the everyday lives of ordinary residents, families and businesses rather than public figures. The record does not name a photographer.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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