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Poetry Conservation and Analysis
2018
Angel Island Immigration Station
Tiburon, United States
This image shows the condition of a Chinese poem after removing several layers of paint and putty. The green paint was seen by immigrants between 1910 and 1940 and referenced in a few select poems. The Chinese characters are part of a larger poem that extends above and beneath the image.
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Details
- Title: Poetry Conservation and Analysis
- Date Created: 2018
- Location Created: Angel Island, Tiburon, California, USA
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
- Medium: Photograph
- Translation: A thousand sorrors and a hatred ten-thousand-fold burns between my brows. Hoping to step ashore the American continent is the most difficult of difficulties. The barbarians imprison me in this place. Even a martyr or a hero would change countenance.
- Photographer: R. Nauman
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