Melanie Pon (SFSU 2017)
Kehar SINGH
1913 from Nomachar, Punjab (India)
Attempting to start a new life, Kehar Singh arrived in San Francisco via stops in Manila and Shanghai where he worked for Shell Oil Company. Unable to pay the $5 port fee, he was turned back. When he finally reached Angel Island in 1913, he was detained and then landed, going to Clovis, California and farming several hundred acres of land.
(Portrait by Melanie Pon, SFSU 2017)