Chinatown Street Fair
date: label: date made
content: 1973
name: label: maker
content: Lee, Robert
notes: label: Description
content: This poster was displayed at the Chinatown (New York) Health Fair, 1973. The first Chinatown street health fair was held in 1971 by Asian American activists concerned that Chinatown residents lacked access to adequate health care. The activists, many of whom were college students and inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, held the fair to survey community medical needs and to provide health services. Out of these initials efforts, the activists created a health clinic that, in time, evolved into a federally-qualified community health center, now known as the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, with multiple locations serving Asian Americans and others in New York City. The Chinatown street health fair has been held annually since 1971.
label: Description
content: Robert (Bob) Lee donated his time to create the poster. Lee was a member of the important Asian American graphic arts collective, Basement Workshop. The graphic design of the poster draws on artistic style current during China’s Cultural Revolution.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: China
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content: Work and Industry: Philanthropy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0234.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0234
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0234.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 55.9 cm x 43.1 cm; 22 in x 16 31/32 in