Genthe's photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown / photographs by Arnold Genthe ; selection & text by John Kuo Wei Tchen.

Main entry:

Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942, photographer

Title & Author:

Genthe's photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown / photographs by Arnold Genthe ; selection & text by John Kuo Wei Tchen.

Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, 1984.
©1984

Description:

x, 133 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Series:

Dover photography collections

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 133).
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.
American Book Award, 1985

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.

Resources:
Publisher description
Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was an internationally recognized photographer working in the soft-focus pictorialist style. The Library of Congress acquired approximately 20,000 items from his unclaimed studio after his death.

ISBN:

0486245926 (pbk.)
9780486245928 (pbk.)

Subject:

Genthe, Arnold 1869-1942
Genthe, Arnold (1869-1942).
Genthe, Arnold.
Chinese Americans California San Francisco History Pictorial works.
Photography, Artistic.
Photographie artistique.
Américains d'origine chinoise Californie San Francisco Histoire Ouvrages illustrés.
art photography.
Fotografie
Bildband
Américains d'origine chinoise San Francisco (Calif.) Moeurs et coutumes.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) History Pictorial works.
San Francisco (Calif.) History Pictorial works.
San Francisco History Pictorial works.
California San Francisco
California San Francisco Chinatown
San Francisco- Chinatown
San Francisco (Calif.) Quartier de Chinatown Photographies.
San Francisco (Calif.) Photographies.
San Francisco (Calif.) Histoire Photographies.
California San Francisco Chinese persons Social life, history

Form/genre:

photobooks.
Illustrated works
Photobooks.
Livres de photographies.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Tchen, John Kuo Wei, author.
Photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown.
Dover photography collections.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 35605
Call No.: ID:88-B6885
Status: Available

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