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The queen of Chinatown by Joseph Jarrow. – Vintage Print

The queen of Chinatown by Joseph Jarrow., 1899 — vintage poster
The queen of Chinatown by Joseph Jarrow., 1899. Vintage poster from the Weddings 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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A window into the past: The queen of Chinatown by Joseph Jarrow., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Its caption promises a daring abduction and a vain attempt at rescue, and the crowds, police and seamen packed into this 1899 color lithograph suggest a street chase in New York. The poster advertised a Chinatown melodrama of the kind popular on American stages in the late 1890s, plays that traded on audiences' fascination with the city's Chinese quarter. Such productions often cast non-Chinese actors in Chinese roles and leaned on stereotypes, so the image shows how audiences were invited to see Chinatown as much as the show itself.

Created / published1899
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 101 cm.
NotesCreated and copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co. Cinti & New York. Caption: A daring abduction and vain attempt at rescue. N.Y. no. 8765. · Jarrow Joseph.
SubjectsRescues. Police. Chinese--Performances & portrayals. Seamen. Kidnappings. Crowds. Melodramas.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,713 × 2,041 px · prints to 9 × 7 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-THR-272583

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