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Ten Drawings in Chinatown by Ernest C. Peixotto with certain observations by Robert Howe Fletcher
title page
verso of title page, with copyright information
Chinatown
The Chinese Colony
The Chinese Colony (continued)
In the Streets
In the Streets (continued)
In the Streets (continued)
In the Streets (continued)
In the Streets (continued)
The Joss House
The Joss House (continued)
The Joss House (continued)
The Joss House (continued)
On the Roofs
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Title:

Ten Drawings in Chinatown by Ernest C. Peixotto with certain observations by Robert Howe Fletcher

Creator/Contributor:

Fletcher, Robert Howe, 1850-1936, author

Date:

San Francisco : A.M. Robertson, [c1898]

Subject:

Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel.

Note:

Robert Howe Fletcher provides the text and Ernest C.Peixotto the drawings for this romanticized and somewhat condescending view of the Chinese and Chinatown in San Francisco. Their insider guide through Chinatown is Wong Sue.

Physical Description:

39 x 32 cm.
18 leaves
10 ill. on 9 mounted plates ; 32 x 39 cm

Identifier:

fxF869.S3.F6

Related Item:

San Francisco's Chinatown - Outsiders Looking In : The Bancroft Library : Miscellaneous Selections : San Francisco's Chinatown - Outsiders Looking In

Collection:

Chinese in California

Contributing Institution:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

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