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Description
View 1 (2013-1706). Group picture with Chinese men, women and children -- view 2 (2013-1707). Group picture of Chinese men and boys, Miss Maurer with Christmas gifts -- view 3 (2013-1708). Group picture of Miss Maurer, Chinese women -- view 4 (2013-1709). Miss Maurer with Christmas gifts, Christmas tree. Katharine R. Maurer was born in Milmay, Canada, in 1881 to the Rev. and Mrs. John Michael Maurer. She attended North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Moved to San Francisco, attended the San Francisco National Training School, training to become a deaconess. In 1912, she was appointed to the Angel Island United States Immigration Service under the auspices of the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Known as the Angel of Angel Island. She died in 1962. Removed from: Katharine R. Maurer Collection, 1913-1977.
Type
image
Format
Portraits. Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
4 photographic prints ; 8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. or smaller.
Identifier
(C)001501727CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Maurer, Katharine R.,, 1881-1962--Portraits United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service--Photographs Canadian Americans--California--San Francisco--Photographs Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco--Photographs Social workers--California--San Francisco Christmas trees San Francisco (Calif.)--Biography--Portraits Angel Island (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Portrait photographs
Place
California San Francisco San Francisco (Calif.) Angel Island (Calif.)
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