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The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons and other illustrations; letters, excerpts from diaries, business records, and legal documents; as well as ...
Lee Him arrived in San Francisco on the Steamer Rio De Janeiro on January 7, 1888.¹ The boy was only one of thousands of Chinese children who had passed through the port of San Francisco since the 1850s. Immigrants arriving from China in the 1850s and 1860s easily gained entry into the country. However, with the passage of the Page Act in 1875 ...
By 1852, over 25,000 Chinese immigrants had arrived, and by 1880, over 300,000 Chinese lived in the United States, most in California. While they had dreams of finding gold, many instead found employment building the first transcontinental railroad (Figure 17.15). Some even traveled as far east as the former cotton plantations of the Old South ...
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Describes experiences of Chinese immigrants in California from 1850 to 1925, including the nature of inter-ethnic tensions. Also documents specific contributions of Chinese immigrants to commerce a...
Bancroft Library.University of California, Berkeley. Ethnic Studies Library.California Historical Society.Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.- At head of title: The Library of Congress, American Memory.- Title from home page as viewed on July 9, 2011.- 1998/99 Award Winner of The Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition.- This description is based on the original presentation of the collection on the Library of Congress website, now available only as an archived web site. The presentation on the awardee institutio...In comparison to the limited options in China, California seemed a worthwhile adventure. By 1870, there were 63,000 Chinese in the United States, 77% residing in California. Initially, very few Chinese women migrated with men because of Confucian beliefs that restricted their movement.
Chinese began fishing for shrimp in California probably around the mid-1860s. Numerous villages or "shrimp camps" were established on the shores of both San Francisco and San Pablo bays. China Camp in Marin County was one of the largest and longest-lived of these camps. Shrimp fishing was a long-established industry in China.
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Presenting approximately 8000 images, this virtual archive makes accessible material related to the history of the Chinese people in California between 1850 and 1925. The materials were selected to illustrate broad topical themes: Chinese and Westward Expansion. San Francisco's Chinatown. Architectural Space.
