Chinatown Street Fair button, 1973
date: label: date made
content: 1973
notes: label: Description
content: This pin promoted the Chinatown (New York) Health Fair of 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 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: Dr. Joseph Lau, one of the donors of the pin, volunteered at the 1971 street fair and he subsequently built a centrifuge for blood testing for the clinic when it could not afford to purchase one.
place: label: Associated Place
content: China
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content: Work and Industry: Philanthropy
label: Exhibition
content: Giving in America
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Joseph and Susan Lau
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0235.02
label: accession number
content: 2018.0235
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0235.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .85 cm x 3.75 cm; 11/32 in x 1 15/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; .635 cm x 3.81 cm