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Chinatown Night scene by Arnold Genthe

The Chinese presence in San Francisco dates back to the Gold Rush with new waves of immigrants arriving periodcially.

Chinese Immigration Chinatown

A Glittering Ghetto Gli&ttering Ghetto

Death Ships Death Ships

Chinatown's Opium Dens Opium Dens

The Six Companies Six Cos. and Tongs

Island of Immortals: Chinese Immigrants and the Angel Island Immigration Station Immigration

Oofty Goofty Stars in Romeo and Juliet Bella Union

Chinese Telephone Exchange Chinese Ne&ws!

The Golden Dragon Restaurant Massacre Golden Dragon

Sex Slaves for Sale or Rent Cr&ibs

Alleys of Ill-Repute Ross Alley, Waverly Place

Chinese Temples in San Francisco Temples

Fly From Evil Fly From Evil

Donaldina Cameron House Donaldina Cameron

Ancient Chinese Oracle Scoops Chicago Tribune - By Four Months! Kong Chow

Chinese Exclusion Law Exclusion Act

Beating the INS Beat the I&NS

Detained on Angel Island Detained on Angel Island

Self-Organized Detainees Self-Organized Detainees

The Glittering Ghetto Revisited 1920s

Yun Gee and the Chinese Revolutionary Artists' Club Yun Gee and CRAC

Analysis Chinatown Painting

info on Chinese Rev. Art Club Footnotes

Chinese as Medical Scapegoats, 1870-1905 Medical Scapegoats

19th Century Medical Self-Help Medical Self-Help

[[Before the Navy, Hunters Point was home to a Chinese shrimping village. In 1938 the Fire Department burned the remaining structures to make way for the Navy. In 1941, the 250-foot tall Avisadero Point at the very eastern end of the Point was dynamited and turned into landfill. Shrimp Village]]

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Library of Congress - Publisher or Photographer

Genthe,Arnold - Photographer-Artist

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