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May Hing Sam and Yee Chow portraits [graphic].
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Title:
May Hing Sam and Yee Chow portraitsCreator/Contributor:
Schulze, Hortense., creatorAbstract:
Hand-colored portraits of Chinese children May Hing Sam and Yee Chow, taken in San Francisco's Chinatown by Hortense Schulze.
Date:
1900 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caChinese -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Children -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs
Note:
Photographer's dated copyright stamp on recto.
Original mounted prints, on matted mounts with labels provided by dealer.
Title supplied by cataloger, based on photographer's ms. annotations (including photographer's nos.) on versos: #185 May Hing
Sam, #786 Yee Chow.
In 1900, amateur San Francisco photographer Hortense Schulze opened a photograph gallery on Stockton St. after gaining popularity
for her portraits of children taken in Chinatown.
Type:
graphicPhysical Description:
graphic
photoprint
2 photographic prints : b&w, hand-colored ; 18 x 12 cm, on mounts 46 x 36 cm
Language:
English