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Title John A. Robinson, U.S. Immigration Service, San Francisco, California. Business Cards, Undated
Date n.d.
Document Type Ephemera
Reference MS 1816
Library / Archive California Historical Society
Collection Name John A. Robinson Papers
Description Receipts and business cards, including businesses run by Chinese families in San Francisco.
Biographical Note / History Inspector, U.S. Immigration and Naturalisation Service, San Francisco, California. Early career devoted to the arrest and deportation of prostitutes in San Francisco and surrounding areas; also responsible for the transport of aliens to deportation sites. Special assignments directed from Washington D.C. included an investigation of the white slave market on the West Coast. John A. Robinson was also a member of the Board of Special Inquiry in the 1930s.
Theme(s) Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations
Places San Francisco, California, United States
Nationality Chinese
Keywords immigration, immigrant, health and sickness, food, import, animals, insurance, police
Additional Information Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the California Historical Society catalogue.
Language English; Chinese
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Copyright California Historical Society