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Chinese Market, Sacramento Street, San Francisco – Antique Photo Print

Chinese Market, Sacramento Street, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph
Chinese Market, Sacramento Street, San Francisco, [published 1866]. Historic photograph from the San Francisco 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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Chinese Market, Sacramento Street, San Francisco

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The Chinese market on Sacramento Street appears in one half of a stereograph pair, issued in 1866 as number 393 in the *Gems of California Scenery* series. By the 1860s San Francisco's Chinese community had grown substantially, drawn by the Gold Rush and later by railroad work, and Sacramento Street lay within the commercial heart of Chinatown. Albumen prints like this one were mounted on card and viewed through a stereoscope, a popular parlor entertainment of the period. The library holds only this single print, and its caption details come from an older card, so some specifics remain unverified.

Created / published[published 1866]
Medium1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen.
GenreStereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
SubjectsThe Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 393. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco--Chinatown. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,391 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116506

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