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| Title | Dr. C.K. Ah Fong, 1893 |
| Description | Potrait of Dr. C.K. Ah Fong, an Idaho doctor who practiced Chinese medicine. The photograph was taken in Rocky Bar. Ah Fong moved his practice to Boise in 1894.
Ah Fong was born in Canton China sometime in the 1840's. He came to Idaho in ca. 1866 and became a popular herbal physician. In 1900 Ah Fong filed a suit against the Idaho Board of Medical Examiners who refused him a license to practice medicine despite the fact he held a license from 1887-1897. The board acted on a 1899 law requiring United States citizenship and a degree from a recognized college before issuing a license. The Idaho State supreme court ordered the case to be heard in the Ada district court, where Ah Fong won the right to practice medicine. Ah Fong died in Boise August 19 1927 (at the age of ca. 83). |
| Date | 1893 |
| Subject | Chinese Americans
Boise (Idaho); Ada County
Rocky Bar (Idaho); Elmore County
Pioneers
Portraits
Physicians
Ah Fong, C. K. |
| Type | Photographs |
| Coverage | United States--Idaho (State)--Ada--Boise
United States--Idaho (State)--Elmore--Rocky Bar |
| Collection Source | Biography File |
| Identifier | 70-178.1 |
| Repository | Idaho State Historical Society
http://www.idahohistory.net/library_archives.html |
| Contributors | Washington State University Vancouver Information Services
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/vis/infoserv.htm |
| Project Identifier | wsuvp0458 |
| Physical Description | 4 in. x 6 in. |
| Format | Original images were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries. |
| Rights | To obtain a copy of this item, or request permission to publish, contact the Idaho State Historical Society Library and Archives, 2205 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise,ID. 83712-8250, 208-334-3356. |
