Look, Tai Yow - Case Number: 19817/3-19 - Ship of Arrival: CHINA

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Look, Tai Yow - Case Number: 19817/3-19 - Ship of Arrival: CHINA

1920

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28846155

The file actually concerns Tyrus Wong, the noted artist and animator who presented a false "paper identity" to immigration officials when he originally arrived in the US at the age of 9.

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National Archives at San Francisco

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SNAC Resource ID: 11621358

National Archives at San Francisco

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Wong, Tyrus 1910-2016

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Tyrus Wong (October 25, 1910 – December 30, 2016) was a Chinese-born American artist. He was a painter, animator, calligrapher, muralist, ceramicist, lithographer and kite maker, as well as a set designer and storyboard artist. One of the most-influential and celebrated Asian-American artists of the 20th century, Wong was also a film production illustrator, who worked for Disney and Warner Brothers. He was a muralist for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), as well as a greeting card artist ...