Box 01
Contains 29 Results:
Photograph (Group of 6 People), 1919
A group of six people are clustered together, surrounded by ships and near a body of water. Two people are holding fishing poles.
Photograph (A Woman and a Man), 1919
A woman is sitting next to a man, who is lying down, in front of logs and near a fishing pole.
Photograph (Two Men and Fish), 1919
Two men are holding fishing poles and a string of fish between them.
Photograph (Two People in a Canoe), 1919
A man is rowing in a canoe with another person on the canoe. The edge of the body of water has serveral buildings.
Photograph (Two People on Logs), 1919
Two people are standing on logs. While they are each holding something, one has a backpack on.
Correspondence from Meredith M. Jack (Bo/Bosy) to Family Members, 1921
"We left N. Phila...." (Februrary 21; Mailed February 21, 1921), 1921
Jack describes the train he is one (including the compartments) as well as his observations as he travels to San Francisco. Ohio, Chicago, Nebraska, and Wyoming are described in particular.
"My first letter which was to..." (February 22-23, 1921; March 3, 1921; Mailed February 23, 1921), 1921
"Saturday morning your letter to..." (February 28, 1921; Mailed March 4, 1921), 1921
Jack describes life on the ship while docked in Hawaii and the poor weather experienced throughout the trip. He replies to comments made in a previous letter about life back in Philadelphia.
"I don't know weither you have been..." (March 2, 1921; Mailed 1921), 1921
Content Warning: Racist Stereotypes of Chinese People; Infantilization of Chinese Workers aboard the Ship
Jack writes about San Francisco, paricularly antiques and Chinatown (during which he uses racist stereotypes); the ship trip from San Francisco to Hawaii, including specific details of the ship, its passengers, staff (to whom the infantilization is applied), life aboard the ship, and the weather; and shipping more generally in the US.