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Title
Map of Chinatown: having a population of 25,000 Chinese, together with a key to the places of interest
Alternative Title
Chinese invasion, they are coming, 900,000 more
Creator
West, H. J. (Henry Josiah)
Date Created and/or Issued
©1872
Publication Information
San Francisco, Cal
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
Collection
Maps
Rights Information
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of Library and Archives. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Responsibility for any use, including copying, transmitting, or making any other use of protected images, rests exclusively with the user. Upon request, digitized works can be removed from public view if there are rights issues that need to be resolved.
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Description
compiled by H.J. West
Scale approximately 1:1,140
Scale approximately 1:4,900
Shows locations of businesses, theaters, gambling houses and "houses of ill fame."
Oriented with north toward right.
Includes poem "They are coming" by Sam Booth.
Type
image
Format
Maps
2 maps on 1 sheet ; 32 x 52 cm and 42 x 52 cm, sheet 81 x 59 cm
Identifier
Map 889
Place
(W 122.4086004496
W 122.4042874575/N 037.7971870664
N 037.7921511015)
(W 122.4127364159
W 122.3882210255/N 037.8001881347
N 037.7846049897)
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Relation
Maps, California Historical Society

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