Anastacio Sr.'s Travel Journal

This is a black leather notebook with two metal rings and lined paper. It includes Anastacio "Tony" Polistico Asuncion Sr. transcriptions of popular song lyrics, addresses, and his handwritten descriptions of "important events" that span leaving his home in Bohol on March 20, 1920; arriving in Kaikea, Hawai'i to work at the Papaaloa Plantation on December 2, 1922; leaving Honolulu on March 14, 1924; arriving in Stockton on March 20, 1924; and discusses working at Mildred Island and being ill; and traveling from Seattle to Alaska. In this section, he describes an experience in which his friends caused trouble at a Chinese restaurant. The notebook also includes 1 small brownie photograph of a man (possibly Anastacio) with an inscription on the back that indicates the photo was sent to him. After scanning AUS.2023.43.22 there are several blank pages, writing chronology begins from the other side of the notebook, I flipped the notebook and began scanning from the other side.

1920s- 1930

Anastacio Asuncion

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4.75 x 3 inches

English

Ilokano

Physical Object

AUS.2023.44

Notebook