First Koreatown in the United States

Welcome to the “Pachappa Camp:
The First Koreatown in the United States” online exhibit.

With archival photographs, maps, newspaper articles and advertisements, and other ephemera, this exhibition examines the history and legacy of Pachappa Camp, as well as the fraught life story of Korean community leader Dosan Ahn Chang Ho, who in 1926 was deported from the United States after being falsely accused of being a Bolshevist.


ON VIEW EXHIBITION

San Francisco & Bay Area Korea Center

June 29, 2024 - September 28, 2024

San Francisco & Bay Are Korea Center

745 Buchanan Street, San Francisco, CA, USA

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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Korean Community Center in DC

October 5, 2024 - November 14, 2024

6601 Little River Turnpike, Alexandria, VA 22312, USA

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Korean Community Center in NJ

January 18, 2025 - February 15, 2024

100 Grove Street, Tenafly, NJ 07670, USA

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Korean Cultural Center in Chicago

May 31, 2025 - June 28, 2024

9925 Capitol Drive, Wheeling, IL 60090, USA

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Pachappa Camp Exhibition Walkthrough

Pachappa Camp is curated by Edward Chang, Professor of Ethnic Studies and founding Director of the Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies at the University of California at Riverside, and Carol K. Park, Graduate Student Researcher, UCR Ethnic Studies, Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies.

ABOUT PACHAPPA CAMP

The “Pachappa Camp: The First Koreatown in the United States” exhibit was first installed at the UCR Arts Center in Riverside, California from October 2021-February 2022. The UCR Arts Center houses the California Museum of Photography and the Barbara & Art Culver Center of the Arts.

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