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[Postcards of Chinese in San Francisco].
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Title:
[Postcards of Chinese in San Francisco]Creator/Contributor:
Weidner, Charles, 1867-Creator/Contributor:
Edward H. Mitchell (Publisher)Abstract:
Commercial postcards depicting Chinese in traditional attire, taken chiefly in San Francisco's Chinatown. Subjects include
portraits of children, families and other groups; merchants; an outing to Sutro Heights; and a Tong parade.
Date:
1900 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caChinese -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works
Chinois -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Ouvrages illustrés
Chinese
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
California -- San Francisco
California -- San Francisco -- Chinatown
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
2 images photographed by Charles Weidner.
5 postcards published by Edward H. Mitchell. Other publishers include Cardinell-Vincent Co., Britton & Rey, and Stanley A.
Piltz.
Purchase; From Kevin Jackson ; 2016.
Preferred citation: Postcards of Chinese in San Francisco, BANC PIC 2016.113, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPictorial works.
Postcards.
Photomechanical prints.
Physical Description:
print
20 photographs in 1 folder : color photomechanical prints ; sheets 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)
Language:
English