This article describes the arrival of 200 Chinese actors for the Chinese Theater on the Midway in Chicago from China. There were many reports of the actors' troubles with customs officers in San Francisco and Tacoma, Washington. They traveled by…

This is the text of the Geary Act of 1892, a federal law that extended Chinese Exclusion for another ten years and added important additional…

This photo was published in 1924 in the Los Angeles Times with the caption, "Coolie to Millionaire." It stated that Hong Sling was returning to the U.S. on a visit, arriving in San Francisco. He was 64 years old in this…

This is the text of the Chinese Exclusion Act. It was the first legislation to severely restrict immigration.…

This is a scan of the original Chinese Exclusion Act document, originally written December 5, 1881, and later approved on May 6, 1882.

For more information about the Chinese Exclusion Act, see the description for the Chinese Exclusion Act…

This is a scan of original newspaper page out of Ogden Standard. It includes many other articles.…

This article identifies Hong Sling and the other officials of the Wah Mee Exposition Company including Gee Wo Chan. It reports that the officials arrived in town to discuss official fair business with Sling, who was a Union Pacific Railroad agent in…

This is a scan of the original "Conferring on the World's Fair" newspaper article found in the Ogden Standard. Other articles from the same page are included as…

This is the text of the "Freaks of Chinese Fancy at the Fair". This article includes detailed information about the Chinese Village on the Midway, including the Chinese Theater and Joss House. As the title indicates, the article's purpose is to…

This is a scan of the original article out of the Chicago Tribune; page 2 of 2. It includes the rest of the dragon illustration, as well as a drawing of a Chinese…