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Title
[Street corner in Chinatown, San Francisco, California]
Creator
Blum, Robert F. (1857-1903), American, artist, artist
Contributor
Blum, Robert F. (1857-1903), American, artist, artist
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1890]
Publication Information
TheBancroftLibrary, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000; http://bancroft.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Chinese in California Virtual Collection: Selections from the Bancroft Library
Rights Information
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Description
Busy street corner lined with three story buildings with elaborately carved cornices and balconies; facades decorated with paper lanterns and flowers. Open markets on street level; figures wearing traditional dress crowd streets.
Type
image
Format
47.3 x 24.5 cm., visible image
Form/Genre
Cityscapes
Watercolors
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb800005nr
BANC PIC 1963.002:0280--FR
Subject
California, Northern
Chinese
Manners & customs
Place
San Francisco (Calif.)

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