Shue Gin

GIN Shue

 

Shue GIN

1919 from Toisan, China

Shue went to Mexico in 1909 when he was four years old. He returned to China and in 1919, came to America as the paper son of a merchant. He was supposed to be seventeen years old when he was really twelve. On Angel Island, Shue had to answer seven pages of questions. He owned a grocery store and became a merchant in Tucson, Arizona.

(Portrait by Kevin Lei, SFSU 2017)