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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Ko, Timothy Photograph Album
source:
McBride Rare Books
Identifier/Call Number: MC350
Physical Description:
1 item
Thirty-seven leaves, illustrated with 175 black-and-white photographs of varying sizes. Contemporary brown textured cloth,
string tied, gilt-stamped "Photographs" on front cover. Sticker reading, "Seal of the University of California 1868" on front
cover.
Date (inclusive): 1926-1931
Abstract: A unique collection of vernacular photographs, some with manuscript captions, documenting the high school and early adulthood
years of a Chinese-American student named Timothy S. Ko.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase from McBride Rare Books, 2023.
Information on Timothy S. Ko's life is sparse in newspaper records. He graduated from Hanford Union High School in 1928. Shortly
after finishing high school, Ko was employed at a large department store in Salt Lake City, and in October 1930 he is noted
as married, with an infant daughter. By 1935, he had returned to California to live in Modesto, but then the trail on him
runs cold.
[Identification of item], Ko, Timothy Photograph Album, MC350, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University
of California, Davis.
Vanessa Cardona Ocegueda created this finding aid with information supplied by McBride Rare Books.
A unique collection of vernacular photographs, some with manuscript captions, documenting the high school and early adulthood
years of a Chinese-American student named Timothy S. Ko. Numerous photographs in the present album are inscribed to him, almost
all by first name only, but with a single inscribed photo reading, "To Tim S. Ko." The photographs include pictures of Ko,
portraits of his school friends, images of Ko and various people in agricultural settings, a few shots of him working on what
appear to be an almond farm and an apricot orchard, a photo of the "'Johanna Smith' World's Most Famous Gambling Ship," a
scene from a parade featuring the float for Fresno State College, beach scenes, and more, with a handful of shots of Ko visiting
China. A pair of photographs picture Ko with his championship-winning basketball team; according to the caption written on
one of them, the team won the Kings County and the San Joaquin Valley championships in 1926.
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Archives and Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is
not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California, Northern -- Pictorial works
McBride Rare Books