Competitive eating contestant at Recreation Day fair

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Title:
Competitive eating contestant at Recreation Day fair
Description:
A young man smiles and gestures with his hands as he talks to a girl and two other people at the Recreation Day fair in Chinatown. Recreation Day, an event held on Saturday, August 20, on Oak Street in Chinatown, celebrated the Chinatown community's success in preventing the New England Medical Center from building a parking garage on Parcel C in Chinatown. Sponsored by the Coalition to Protect Parcel C for Chinatown, Recreation Day demonstrated the Chinese community's intention to use Parcel C to build a recreation and community center. There was music, food, and games for families and children at the fair. In this image, the man is wearing a plastic, yellow apron, worn by the participants of the watermelon eating contest.
Date:
August 20, 1994
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections
(M163) Box 12, Folder 13 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Chinese Progressive Association records (M163)
Subjects:
Chinese Americans--Massachusetts--Boston
Community organization--Massachusetts--Boston
Special events--Massachusetts--Boston
Fairs--Massachusetts--Boston
Competitive eating
Chinese Progressive Association (Boston, Mass.)
Coalition to Protect Parcel C for Chinatown
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Chinatown
Extent:
1 photograph : 3.5 x 3.5 inches
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20188785
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Notes:
Collection Finding Aid: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20296997
Identifier:
A016244