Wong Kim Ark c. Prior to Wong's 1894 Trip to China

Item

Title
Wong Kim Ark c. Prior to Wong's 1894 Trip to China
Description
Identification Photograph of Wong Kim Ark that was filed with the Immigration Service in San Francisco prior to his 1894 trip to China. The document was included in the "U.S. District Court-San Francisco Admiralty (Habeas Corpus) Case 11198."
Date
c. Prior to Wong's 1894 trip to China. The item is listed in the National Archives as belonging to a larger collection that documents May 14, 1904, to May 19, 1904. However, the image was originally filed with Immigration Services prior to Wong's 1894-1895 trip. The date of the image is sometime before Wong's 1894 departure.
Creator
Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Services, San Francisco District Office
Publisher
National Archives at San Francisco
Subject
Wong Kim Ark, Chinese Immigration and Emigration, Chinese Exclusion, Birthright Citizenship
Format
Photograph
Coverage
San Francisco, California
Site pages
Case Introduction