Beschreibung:

Collection of 30 Chinese-American-related graphics, illustrations and photographs, most of San Francisco Chinatown Author: Place: Publisher: Date: 1900-1976 Description: Includes: 6 reprints of Charles Weidner photographs of San Francisco Chinatown, ca. 1900, pasted to backing paper including, Chinese Cobbler (2), Chinese Girls, Joss House altar, Chinese restaurant, Chinese grocery 6 larger photographs, probably reproductions, Chinatown subjects, 1 with older rubberstamp of Goldsmith Bros., San Francisco, another stamped California Historical Society Louis Roesch Co. reproduction, “Study from Chinese Life in San Francisco” pasted to backing paper 3 unidentified black-and-white pseudo-erotic Art Deco illustrations, Asian stereotypic themes • 2 color postcards of Chinese drawings by artist Esther Hunt, “Ah Len” and “Celebrating” 1903 Well-worn and folded 12x19” reprint of a Genthe photo, ”Children of Chinatown”, printed for Albert Bender 4 illustrations, apparently removed from a book, 2 color, 2 black-and-white, of Chinatown scenes by Alec Stern, 8½x11” 2-sided color illustration, removed from a book, unidentified, of San Francisco Chinatown scenes, 10½x13” “The Sooth Sayer”, 9x12” color illustration by Sinclair, Beck-Gerlach Press, tipped to backing paper Color plate of Chinatown children by Flohri, 12x15” Color plate, Chinese Dancer by Roy Grossman, (Los Angeles Publishing Co.) 12x15” Color plate, Schung-Gar / The Merchant, 12x14½”, by Wylog Fong, 1927 2 color plates of Chinese themes, c. 1976 by Kee Fung Ng, San Francisco, 12x16”, Girl Bearing Brother and Fisherman's Girl Lot Amendments Condition: Very good. Item number: 319665