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[Chinese in Chinatown, San Francisco]: The fish market – Vintage Print

[Chinese in Chinatown, San Francisco]: The fish market, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
[Chinese in Chinatown, San Francisco]: The fish market, [no date recorded on caption card]. 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 in Chinatown, San Francisco]: The fish market

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Arnold Genthe, a German-born photographer who settled in San Francisco in the early 1900s, turned his camera on the crowded streets of Chinatown, and this print shows the fish market there. Genthe was known for candid street scenes of the neighborhood, which he photographed in the years before the 1906 earthquake and fire reshaped much of the city. Markets like this one were the daily heart of Chinatown, where families bought fresh seafood and produce, and the picture offers a glimpse of that busy commerce. The caption card carries no date, so the exact year of the exposure remains unconfirmed.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Arnold Genthe. No. 240. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Markets.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,248 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-140120

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