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Title
[Actualities, San Francisco, California in 1855]
Creator
Charpin (active ca. 1855), French, artist, artist
Contributor
Charpin (active ca. 1855), French, artist, artist
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1855]
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
Satirical scene in front of police station showing two policemen grabbing three women (including Chinese) by their hair or coats and dragging them along. Several other scenes take place around, including duel scene, man conversing with semi-nude(?) woman, etc. Various signs on building in background.
Type
image
Format
25.4 x 35.5 cm.
Form/Genre
Cartoons (Commentary)
Illustrations
Lithographs
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb9q2nb3r0
BANC PIC 1963.002:0459--B
Subject
California, Northern
Chinese
Frontier & pioneer life
Manners & customs
Place
San Francisco (Calif.)

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