Yoke Lon "May" Phang

PHANG May

 

Yoke Lon “May” PHANG

1934 from Tientsin, China

May applied to visit America for three months on her way to Jamaica. As evidence of her “non-immigrant status,” she provided references that vouched for her status. Coupled with a roundtrip ticket and $1,000 in cash, she was verified as a “responsible citizen of Tientsin” and allowed to visit.

(Portrait by Yang Zhang, SFSU 2017)