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Chinese in San Francisco

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Call NumberZ-3814Date1870-1880SummaryStreet scene in San Francisco (Marin County), California shows Chinese revelers in the street on New Years Day, smoke from firecrackers, and men engaged in a fist fight. An interior scene in a Chinese temple shows men with queues bowing in front of altars. Shows smoke from burned joss papers, joss sticks in vases and statues on the altars. A white family looks on.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 38 x 27 cm (15 x 11 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectChinese--California--San Francisco--19th centurySan Francisco (Calif.)--19th centuryAltars--California--San Francisco--19th centuryCelebrations--California--San Francisco--19th centuryFighting--California--San Francisco--19th centuryRites and ceremonies--California--San Francisco--19th centuryTemples--California--San Francisco--19th centuryGeographic AreaSan Francisco (Calif.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711003814; Harper's weekly.Type of MaterialIllustrationsTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesTear sheet consists of page 260, removed from Harper's weekly. Title supplied. R7110038145

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