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Chinatown Menu

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Chinatown Night scene

Photo by Arnold Genthe

The Chinese presence in San Francisco dates back to the Gold Rush with new waves of immigrants arriving periodcially, especially after immigration reform in 1965.

Chinatown

Glittering Ghetto

Death Ships

Opium Dens

Six Cos. and Tongs

Immigration

Bella Union

Chinese News!

Golden Dragon

Cribs

Ross Alley, Waverly Place

Temples

Fly From Evil

Donaldina Cameron

Kong Chow

Exclusion Act

Beat the INS

Detained on Angel Island

Self-Organized Detainees

1920s

Yun Gee and CRAC

Chinatown Painting

Footnotes

Medical Scapegoats

Medical Self-Help

Chinese shrimping village

Contributors to this page include:

Library of Congress—Publisher or Photographer

Genthe, Arnold—Photographer-Artist

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