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Chinese Immigrants Arrested in Keyport, New Jersey, 1934
Silver print
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
With affixed caption and various stamps and notations verso.
With affixed caption and various stamps and notations verso.
An interesting press photograph showing five men, part of a group of seventeen Chinese nationals, who were caught trying to illegally enter the United States. The men were arrested in...
An interesting press photograph showing five men, part of a group of seventeen Chinese nationals, who were caught trying to illegally enter the United States.
The men were arrested in Keyport, New Jersey, discovered in the sub-cellar of a home run by former bootleggers who turned to human smuggling after the repeal of prohibition. The prisoners told authorities they traveled from China to an undisclosed Virginia port, and then were transported to New Jersey hidden in potato sacks.
The men were arrested in Keyport, New Jersey, discovered in the sub-cellar of a home run by former bootleggers who turned to human smuggling after the repeal of prohibition. The prisoners told authorities they traveled from China to an undisclosed Virginia port, and then were transported to New Jersey hidden in potato sacks.