Displaying 1 of 1 1984 Format: Book Author: Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942. Title: Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown / photographs by Arnold Genthe ; selection & text by John Kuo Wei Tchen. Publisher, Date: New York : Dover Publications, ©1984. Description: x, 133 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm Summary: Rare photographs of Chinatown at the turn of the 20th century offer priceless glimpses of the rich street life of the district before it was leveled by the great earthquake and fire of 1906. Contains 130 of Genthe's finest Chinatown photos, many painstakingly reproduced from original glass negatives or lantern slides, and complemented with Tchen's text outlining the turbulent history of Chinese-Americans in California. Series: Dover photography collections Dover photography collections. Subjects: Photography, Artistic. Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works. San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works. Other Author: Tchen, John Kuo Wei. Other Title: Photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown Photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 133). American Book Award, 1985 Contents: Tangrenbu- the street life of San Francisco's Chinatown, 1895-1906 -- Street life -- Merchants and families -- Workers and bachelor society -- The rising spirit -- Women and children -- Earthquake, fire, and the new Chinatown. Web Site: Publisher description LCCN: 83005319 ISBN: 0486245926 9780486245928 Other Number: 9394617 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 17318 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 779.9979461 Genthe Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
