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We gather together... International District unites as the piggy turns

The seventh annual Pig Roast. First started by Uncle Bob Santos, it is now a community party. Includes history of the Roast and how it's brought the neighborhood together.

We Are Who We Were: From Resistance to Affirmation

Describes the process by which Hawai?i was annexed to the United States in 1898. The treaty of annexation was defeated when a petition with more than 37,000 signatures protesting it was presented to Congress. Expansionists were successful in passing…

Wayfarer: New Fiction by Korean Women

Eight stories by Korean writers. In The Last of Hanak O, the male narrator muses on why he is both drawn to and frightened by a college girlfriend, in Almaden, a Korean immigrant to New York tries to understand her obsession with a customer to her…

Wax Pills

Three paper boxes one containing wax pills and instruction sheets. A: Rectangular paper box with lid is covered with white paper around the sides which have a black strip running around the middle. The top of the lid is covered with blue paper and…

Wax Pills

Two cardboard boxes containing wax pills and instructional sheets the lidded cardboard box is covered with paper stamped in orange and gold hexagonal design. There is a red label on the top and on one side printed with black Chinese characters. On…

Wax Pills

Three wax balls containing medicine wrapped in printed paper These balls contain patent medicine for helping to ease labor during birth. A: Opened package containign wax pill. Appears to be bees wax formed into a ball with knob at one end. A red seal…

Wax Pill Packages

Two large square paper packages tied with string A & B: Paper packages wrapped with dirty yellowing paper wrapped diagonally tied with white cotton string. Both have Chinese characters written in black ink on one end. B: Has additional writing to the…