Photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown [picture] / taken by James Wong Howe. ca. 1940-ca. 1944.

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Photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown [picture] / taken by James Wong Howe. ca. 1940-ca. 1944.

Images primarily represent the assimilation of Chinese Americans. Includes views of Chinese American newspaper production, soldiers, youth, school children, and workers.

29 photographic prints : bb&w ; 8 x 10 in. (sight)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7532177

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Howe, James Wong, 1899-1976

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Cinematographer. From the description of Reminiscences of James Wong Howe : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481335 Biography James Wong Howe was born Wong Tung Jim on August 28, 1899 in Kwantung (Canton), China. He moved to the United States at age 5. After pursuing a career as a professional boxer in the Northwest, Howe moved to Los Angeles and became a delivery b...

California Heritage Project.

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