The offices of the Korean Commission (on the ninth floor) are marked with an X. Image courtesy of the USC Korean Heritage and Digital Libraries. Korean American Digital Archive Collection.
This file appears in: Finding Asian American History: Korean Commission at the Continental Trust Building
This file appears in: Finding Asian American History: Korean Commission at the Continental Trust Building
Finding Asian American History: Korean Commission at the Continental Trust Building
The Korean Commission office was located on the ninth floor of the Continental Trust Building from 1919 into the mid-1920s. It was established by Syngman Rhee to coordinate fundraising and to lobby for US political support for Korean independence…