Title:

man in a pavilion is served tea by a maid, a woman in a cape stands by a trellised arbor, staged at the Great Star Theatre /

Digital Archive of Chinese Theater in California

Description:

Three women and a man in a garden. Romantic operas such as this were popular in the largely bachelor society in Chinatown, San Francisco, during the Exclusion era, when there were few Chinese women in America.

Creator/Contributor:

May's Photo (Firm : San Francisco, Calif.)

Date:

1925 (issued)

Contributing Institution:

Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library