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The Encyclopedia of Photography’s Art and History

"Pictures of Old Chinatown", Arnold Genthe (1869-1942)

Pictures of Old Chinatown

Arnold Genthe (1869-1942)

San Francisco’s Chinatown from 1895 to 1906, highlighting community resilience under xenophobic policies like the Chinese Exclusion Act.

With contributions from: Lucia Catalin (data research). Suggest an Edit

Pictures of Old Chinatown

Arnold Genthe (1869-1942)

San Francisco’s Chinatown from 1895 to 1906, highlighting community resilience under xenophobic policies like the Chinese Exclusion Act.

With contributions from: Lucia Catalin (data research). Suggest an Edit

The Street of Gamblers (by day)

In front of the Joss House

The Street of the Slave Girls

The Vegetable Peddler

Three Children in front of a Cellar Door

The Street of the Slave Girls

The Grocery Store

Three Children in Front of a Cellar Door

Reading the Tong Proclamation

Father and Children

Boy in Doorway of Lamp Store

The Fish Dealer's Daughter

Young Aristocrats

Apricot Spring Orchard Drugstore

The Toy Peddler

Children Walking

Books

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Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown

Dover Publications, 2013

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Old Chinatown: Turn of the Century Photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown

Westphalia Press, 2016

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Old Chinatown: A Book of Pictures

Forgotten Books, 1970

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Old Chinatown: A Book of Pictures by Arnold Genthe

Nabu Press, 2014

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