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[Hugo B. Goldsmith portraits of Chinese in San Francisco's Chinatown].
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Title:
[Hugo B. Goldsmith portraits of Chinese in San Francisco's Chinatown]Creator/Contributor:
Goldsmith, Hugo B., creator, photographer.Abstract:
Includes formal and snapshot portraits of Chinese, chiefly taken in San Francisco's Chinatown. All subjects are unidentirfied.
Many subjects are children. One image taken in a domestic interior; others taken in public spaces such as streets, parks,
a school, etc. Includes one street scene of a Chinese marching band taken in an area which shows vacant lots and much rubble,
probably damage from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
Date:
1905 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caChinese -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Chinese American children -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Some photos bear photographer's signature: Hubo B. Goldsmith, S.F. Cal.
Former ownership on back of one print (:2): James Leonard collection.
Hugo B. Goldsmith portraits of Chinese in San Francisco's Chinatown, BANC PIC 2015.046, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
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Type:
graphicPlatinum prints.
Physical Description:
photoprint
9 photographs in 2 folders : chiefly platinum prints?, some hand-colored ; various sizes
Language:
English