Category Archives: That’s Old News
That’s Old News: Restricting Japanese Immigration
Every now and then you learn something about a relative that makes you cringe. You may have heard of the Chinese Exclusion Act, but didn’t you know that in the early 1900s, a wave of anti-Japanese fervor swept through California? On March 6th, 1905, the San Francisco Chronicle dedicated a whole page to the “Japanese …
That’s Old News: You’re Too Thin Advertisement
My, how the times have changed! As I was searching for an obituary that I forgot to write the source notes for, I came across this advertisement in the San Francisco Call, 9 January 1910: The start of the ad tells you everything you need to know about the different philosophy predominant in 1910 on …