It’s time to mark the rich heritage of the Inland Empire’s Asian American community.
For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we collected historic photos from across the region and compiled a quiz.
Rep. Mark Takano, D-Riverside, is seen in Washington on March 27, 2014. A Japanese-American, his grandparents and parents were held in an internment camp during World War II. (AP File Photo/Cliff Owen)
The Harada House in downtown Riverside is a state historic landmark. The Harada family that lived there prevailed in a civil case involving a state law barring Asians from owning property. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Bing Wong, who started a scholarship fund for San Bernardino City Unified School District students, is seen Nov. 28, 2001, at the Norman Feldheym Library in downtown San Bernardino, where a hall is named for him. (File photo by Peter Phun, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
In the 1880s, Riverside’s second Chinatown was located approximately where this downtown alley between 8th and 9th streets stands today, said M. Rosalind Sagara of the Save Our Chinatown Committee. (File photo by David Allen, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
The statue of Dosan Ahn Chang-Ho, a Korean independence activist, is seen Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, on Riverside’s pedestrian mall. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
This Point of Cultural Interest marker stands at the site of Pachappa Camp, the first American Koreatown, in Riverside near Cottage and Commerce streets in Riverside. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Edward T. Chang, founding director of The Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies at UC Riverside is seen Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, with a 1900s photo of Korean farmworkers. The photo is part of exhibit showing the history of Riverside’s Pachappa Camp, the first American Koreatown. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Masako Hirata and her mother (second row, third from right), pose in a 1915 photo in front of the Japanese Association and Church on “D” Street, between 2nd and 3rd streets in San Bernardino. (Courtesy of San Bernardino Public Library)
Masako Hirata, Elizabeth Ogawa and Helen Hirata, are seen in 1918 in front of a restaurant in the 300 block of 3rd Street in San Bernardino. (Courtesy of San Bernardino Public Library)
Violet Catherine Kim works on the family farm with one of her sisters in an undated photo. The Kim family settled in Riverside and obtained farmland in the early 1900s. Kim’s grandfather, In Soo Kim, helped run and operate Pachappa Camp, the first Koreatown in the U.S. (Courtesy of the Kim family / Special Collections & University Archives of the Tomás Rivera Library, UC Riverside)
Members of Riverside’s Pachappa Camp, the first Koreatown in the U.S., pose at the Korean Presbyterian Mission church in a photo circa 1905 to 1913. (Courtesy of the Kim family / Special Collections & University Archives of the Tomás Rivera Library, UC Riverside)
Residents of Pachappa Camp, the first Koreatown in the U.S., are seen at the Gage Canal in Riverside. The settlement, which existed from 1905 until 1918, was founded by Ahn Chang-Ho, who is seen fourth in the front row. This photo was likely taken in 1911 after a Korean National Association Meeting. (Courtesy of the Kim family / Special Collections & University Archives of the Tomás Rivera Library, UC Riverside)
The passport of Korean independence activist In Soo Kim, who immigrated to Riverside about 1903, is seen. He was a leader of Pachappa Camp, the first Koreatown in the U.S. which was founded in 1905 by leader Ahn Chang-Ho in Riverside. (Courtesy of the Kim family / Special Collections & University Archives of the Tomás Rivera Library, UC Riverside)
The Kim family, who immigrated to Riverside from Korea in the early 1900s, owned a 5-acre farm on Streeter Avenue, where they harvested fruits and vegetables. (Courtesy of the Kim family / Special Collections & University Archives of the Tomás Rivera Library, UC Riverside)
The Inaba family is seen in 1940. The Inabas immigrated to Riverside from Japan in 1905 and bought farm land in the area. (Courtesy of Meiko Inaba, Inaba family)
An aerial photo shows the Inaba family’s farm. The Inabas, who immigrated to Riverside in the early 1900s from Japan, owned land in what is now Jurupa Valley. (Courtesy of Meiko Inaba, Inaba family)
Chikayasu Inaba plows fields on his family’s farm on Jurupa Road in what today is Jurupa Valley. Inaba and his family returned to their farm after being incarcerated at the Crystal City Internment Camp in Texas. Neighbors maintained the farm. (Courtesy of Meiko Inaba, Inaba family)
The Harada family, whose one-time home is being renovated in downtown Riverside, is seen in a 1928 portrait. Jukichi and Ken Harada purchased the house in 1915. The family prevailed in a civil case involving a state law barring Asians from owning property. (File photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Here are 10 questions to challenge, and perhaps teach.
You can take our quiz by clicking here.
Or you can test yourself inside the graphic below. Use the scroll bar to move through the quiz.
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