Chun Jan Yut at 22 years of age. Photograph from Immigration Service form 430, Application of American-born Chinese for Preinvestigation of Status, filed upon departure from San Francisco for a trip abroad. The bottom of the form reads: Upon his return to this port and his identification as the person to whom this paper, thus approved, is delivered, he will be permitted to reenter the United States, unless pending such return it has been found that his claim is false.; Scope and content: In addition to records generated by federal agencies, immigration agency investigative case files related


Chun Jan Yut at 22 years of age. Photograph from Immigration Service form 430, Application of American-born Chinese for Preinvestigation of Status, filed upon departure from San Francisco for a trip abroad. The bottom of the form reads: Upon his return to this port and his identification as the person to whom this paper, thus approved, is delivered, he will be permitted to reenter the United States, unless pending such return it has been found that his claim is false.; Scope and content: In addition to records generated by federal agencies, immigration agency investigative case files related to the Chinese Exclusion Acts (1882-1943) frequently contain documents collected by the agencies as evidence, such as individual and family photographs. This is one of 4 photographs of Chun Jan Yut taken at 1, 7, 14, and 22 years of age.


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