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Original upload log

• 2007-03-23 00:35 Psychonaut 574×880× (9496 bytes) Fixing naïve JPEG->PNG conversion
• 2007-01-07 02:18 Richwales 574×880× (76605 bytes) Signatures of Wong Kim Ark's four sons: Wong Yoke Fun (黃毓煥); Wong Yook Sue (黃郁賜); Wong Yook Thue (黃沃修); and Wong Yook Jim (黃沃沾). Taken from photocopies of four U.S. immigration documents held at the Pacific Region office of the U