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Chinese quarters, Virginia City, Nevada

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Call NumberZ-3808CreatorRogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931ContributorSears, C.L.Date1870-1880SummaryViews of Chinese-owned businesses and living quarters in Virginia City (Storey County), Nevada. Shows a butcher shop, a barber shop, a laundry and a cobbler. Men have queues (braids) and wear shan ku (tunic and trousers) and bu xie (cotton shoes); some men smoke pipes. People burn joss papers and heat containers over a fire.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 37 x 27 cm (15 x 10 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectChinese--Nevada--Virginia City--19th centuryVirginia City (Nev.)--19th centuryAlleys--Nevada--Virginia City--19th centuryBarbers--Nevada--Virginia City--19th centuryBarbershops--Nevada--Virginia City--19th centuryChinese restaurants--Nevada--Virginia City--19th centuryCleaning establishments--Nevada--Virginia City--19th centuryMagic--Nevada--Virginia City--19th centuryMedicines--Nevada--Virginia City--19th centuryShoemakers--Nevada--Virginia City--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711003808; Harper's weekly.Type of MaterialIllustrationsFilm negativesTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesFormerly F22742; Tear sheet consists of page 1025, removed from Harper's weekly. Title, attribution and "[See Page 1027.]" printed on tear sheet. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 print : wood engraving ; 37 x 27 cm. (15 x 10 1/2 in.), 1 copy negative ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.). R7110038080

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Chinese quarters, Virginia City, Nevada