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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.
A Glittering Ghetto Gli&ttering Ghetto
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
Donaldina Cameron House Donaldina Cameron
Ancient Chinese Oracle Scoops Chicago Tribune - By Four Months! Kong Chow
Chinese Exclusion Law Exclusion Act
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
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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