Rosita Tabasa at Philippine Gardens

Black and white photograph of the counter at Philippine Gardens. Rosita Tabasa is on the left and is pictured with a waitress and two customers. Anastacio Asuncion's Caption: "Mrs. Tabasa on left owner of restaurant, lady on left is waitress."

This photograph is a part of a series of photographs included in the essay "Watsonville's Filipino Bachelor Community: Frontiers in Asian American Experiences." To view the essay look for item AUS.2023.9.

The essay is current housed in UCSC Special Collections at McHenry Library. Requests to view the original essay and photographs can be made at this link: https://ucsc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991019687309704876&context=L&vid=01CDL_SCR_INST:USCS&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,anastacio%20asuncion&offset=0

The original essay included photographs which he referenced in the essay. To view these photographs see items AUS.2023.10-AUS.2023.25.

Anastacio Asuncion

Mabalon,Dawn Bohulano. “As American as Jackrabbit Adobo: Cooking, Eating, and Becoming Filipina/o American before World War II.” In, Eating Asian America: A Food Studies Reader. Edited by Robert Ji-Song Ku, Martin F. Manalansan, and Anita Mannur, (New York: NYU Press 2013) 147-76.


Hong, Moonyoung. “‘Home Away from Home’: Diasporic Consciousness and Everyday Third Places in Tom Murphy’s Conversations on a Homecoming.” Vol.56(3) (Michigan: Western Michigan University, Dept. of English, 2022).

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Anastacio Asuncion, and UCSC Special Collections

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AUS.2023.23

Mabalon,Dawn Bohulano. “As American as Jackrabbit Adobo: Cooking, Eating, and Becoming Filipina/o American before World War II.” In, Eating Asian America: A Food Studies Reader. Edited by Robert Ji-Song Ku, Martin F. Manalansan, and Anita Mannur, (New York: NYU Press 2013) 147-76.
Hong, Moonyoung. “‘Home Away from Home’: Diasporic Consciousness and Everyday Third Places in Tom Murphy’s Conversations on a Homecoming.” Vol.56(3) (Michigan: Western Michigan University, Dept. of English, 2022).

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