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Soy Kee Co. store front, with Chinese man standing in front, Chinatown, New York City – Antique Wall Art

Soy Kee Co. store front, with Chinese man standing in front, Chinatown, New York City, c1903 Feb. 18. — historic photograph
Soy Kee Co. store front, with Chinese man standing in front, Chinatown, New York City, c1903 Feb. 18.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Soy Kee Co. store front, with Chinese man standing in front, Chinatown, New York City comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A storefront bearing the name Soy Kee Co. anchors this view of Chinatown in New York City, with a Chinese man standing at its entrance. The photograph dates to about 1903, a period when Manhattan's Chinatown, centered on Mott, Pell, and Doyers streets, was a small, crowded enclave shaped by the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which sharply limited Chinese immigration. Its registration number suggests it was submitted for copyright, a common route by which street and shop scenes from this era were preserved. The catalog data comes from an old caption card and has not been verified, so the names and details are best read as a starting point.

Created / publishedc1903 Feb. 18.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsH28270 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Chinese in US; NY--NYC--Chinatown; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,108 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-131395

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