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[Chinese in Chinatown, San Francisco: 3 children crossing street holding hands] – Vintage Photo Print

[Chinese in Chinatown, San Francisco: 3 children crossing street holding hands], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
[Chinese in Chinatown, San Francisco: 3 children crossing street holding hands], [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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Step back in time with [Chinese in Chinatown, San Francisco: 3 children crossing street holding hands], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Three children crossing a San Francisco street hand in hand give this view of Chinatown its everyday, human focus. The record carries no date, but the photographer, Arnold Genthe, a German-born portraitist, made many street scenes in the neighborhood in the early 1900s, including work published as *Pictures of Old Chinatown* (1908). His images caught daily life in a community that outsiders often viewed through stereotypes. The caption information is unverified, so the exact date and location should be confirmed against other sources before citing.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhotoprint by Arnold Genthe. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Ca.--SF Chinatown; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,143 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-140109

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