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M1120
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Title: Shenson, A. Jess, collector. Chinese in San Francisco : illustrations,
Date (inclusive): 1870-1900 and n.d.
Collection number: M1120
Collector:
Shenson, A. Jess, collector.
Extent:
4 linear ft.
(22 matted prints of 33 illustrations)
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: Primarily wood engravings from Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, but also includes one process print,
2 half tone prints, and a colored heliogravure.
Language:
English.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Transferred from the Ira & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, 2000. Previously given to the Cantor
Center by collector, Dr. A. Jess Shenson.
Jess A. Shenson's Chinese in San Francisco : illustrations. M1120. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Primarily wood engravings from Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, but also includes one process print,
2 half tone prints, and a colored heliogravure.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Baker, H.
Bode, William Walter.
Davis, G.A.
Frenzeny, Paul.
Langguth, T.
Ogden, H.
Taber, I. West.
Tavernier, Jules.
Yeager, Walter.
Chinese--California--San Francisco.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)
Wood-engraving.
Shenson, A. Jess, collector.