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Title
[Chinese refugees, San Francisco earthquake] (5 views)
Creator
Dobbin, Hamilton Henry, 1856-1930
Date Created and/or Issued
1906
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
V1p370a -- v1p370b -- v1p370c -- v1p371c -- v1p372a.
In PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. I, page 370 top, center, and bottom, page 371 bottom, page 372 top.
These photographs are contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco."
Five views of Chinese men eating at the refugee camp at Lake Merritt.
Text written to right of page 370 top: "Victims of the Fire 1906 Chinese Refugees." View shows men gathered at table near tree receiving a meal, with the lake at the right. Some are looking at the camera; most are not. Text written to the right of page 370 center: "Chinese refugees fire 1906 eating lunch. 'Heap Good.' " Close-up view of men eating at the lunch tables. Text written to right of page 370 bottom: "Chinese Chef preparing lunch for his countrymen victims of the fire 1906." Photo shows the chef laying food in a metal pan on the table.
Text written to right of page 371 bottom: "Chinese Refugees Lunch Time." Photo shows men eating their lunch while sitting on piled boards or on the ground. Text written to right of page 372 top: "Dinner Time Chinese Refugee camp 1906." Photo of men crowded around meal tables, with a few crouched in the foreground. Lake Merritt can be seen behind.
Negative, no. 23,375 (page 371, bottom).
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
5 photoprints ; 4 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. or smaller.
Identifier
(C)001381049CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-4308
Subject
Refugee camps--California--San Francisco
Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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