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Title
Chinese sketches in San Francisco
Date Created and/or Issued
January 25, 1879
Publication Information
[New York] : [Harper's Magazine Co.]
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Two images of Chinese scenes in San Francisco from Harper's Supplement, January 25, 1879, page 77 with text about the images in the center of the page. Text and images about the Burmese on the back side, page 78.
View 1 (2000-0094a). Scene in a Chinese theatre. It shows audience watching a play with a kneeling woman attended by her maid, a man with a fan at the left, musicians behind -- view 2 (2000-0094b). Chinese feeding the dead.
Type
image
Format
Pictorial works.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
2 prints on 15 5/8 x 10 1/4 in. page ; 6 x 9 in. images.
Identifier
(C)001379114CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-2367
MARION/ACX-9632/LOCKHART
Language
English
Subject
Chinese--California--San Francisco
Theaters--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Prints
Periodical illustrations
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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