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Title
Roof top view of [Market Street] Chinatown, before fire of 1887
Creator
Hill, Andrew Putnam
Date Created and/or Issued
1887
Contributing Institution
History San Jose Research Library
Collection
History San Jose Online Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
On back: "San Jose Chinatown just before fire of 1887." A water tank on wooden tower is on the left side of the frame. Market Street is on the right. The San Jose Foundry can be seen in the background. Featured in Connie Young Yu's "Chinatown, San Jose, U.S.A." on page 22 with caption, "An aerial view of the Market Street Chinatown between San Fernando and San Carlos streets, just before the fire in 1887."
Type
image
Format
Black & White
Identifier
DA99E22F-55A5-425E-98AA-923597026400
1997-300-670
Subject
Chinatown (San Jose, Calif.)
Aerial photographs
Nineteenth century (LCSH)
Market Street (San Jose, Calif.)
Foundries

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