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[San Francisco Chinatown, 1895-1900(?): street market; buying potted plants] – Vintage Wall Art

[San Francisco Chinatown, 1895-1900(?): street market; buying potted plants] — historic photograph
[San Francisco Chinatown, 1895-1900(?): street market; buying potted plants]. 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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This historic photograph of [San Francisco Chinatown, 1895-1900(?): street market; buying potted plants] brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[San Francisco Chinatown, 1895-1900(?): street market; buying potted plants]

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Customers choosing among potted plants give this street scene its particular character, a glimpse of everyday commerce in San Francisco's Chinatown. At the time, the neighborhood was among the largest Chinese communities in the United States, and its streets were lined with merchants selling produce, flowers and household goods to residents and passersby. The record dates the photograph only to the late 1890s, a period before the 1906 earthquake and fire reshaped much of the city and its Chinatown. Views like this one preserve how the neighborhood's street life looked before that rebuilding.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[1890-1900?]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,125 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-119630

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