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Finding aid to the Photograph album of Chinese men and women in Sierra County, 1890-1930 (bulk, 1894),
Vault 184
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Title: Photograph album of Chinese men and women in Sierra County
Date (inclusive): 1890-1930
Date (bulk): 1894
Collection Identifier: Vault 184
Creator:
Mason, John T.
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105-4014
(415) 357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Album kept by John T. Mason containing identification photographs of Chinese men and women in Sierra County, California, dated
between 1890 and 1930, with the bulk of the photographs taken in Downieville by D. D. Beatty in 1894. Most photographs are
accompanied by inscriptions indicating the name, occupation, age, place of residence, height, and physical characteristics
of the subject. Also includes three pages of notes containing information about summonses, warrants, and arrests in Sierra
County in 1890.
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[Identification of item], Photograph album of Chinese men and women in Sierra County, Vault 184, California Historical Society.
John T. Mason was a justice of the peace in Downieville, California.
The collection consists of a photograph album kept by justice of the peace John T. Mason in Downieville, California. The album
contains 176 identification photographs of Chinese men and women in Sierra County, California, dated between 1890 and 1930,
with the bulk of the photographs taken in Downieville by D. D. Beatty in 1894. Most photographs are accompanied by inscriptions
indicating the name, occupation, age, place of residence, height, and physical characteristics of the subject. Some inscriptions
include additional information about deaths, family relationships, and emigration to China, often appended after 1894. The
photographs are preceded by a list of Chinese residents in Sierra County, to which they are linked. The album also contains
three pages of Mason's notes about summonses, warrants, and arrests in Sierra County in 1890.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Beatty, D. D.
Chinese Americans--California--Sierra County--Portraits.
Chinese--California--Sierra County--Portraits.
Identification photographs--California--Sierra County.
Law enforcement--California--Sierra County.
Photograph albums--California--Sierra County.
Portrait photographs--California--Sierra County.