IMAGE

San Francisco Laundry

Cartoon of three Chinese men with queue hairstyles wearing shanku and working in a laundry. One man blows, another irons and the last folds clothes.

Image 09.03.02

Description

By 1870, Chinese made up 72 percent of all laundry workers in California. While owning a laundry allowed Chinese immigrants to run their own business, Chinese men were stereotyped with anti-Chinese rhetoric as doing “women’s work.”

Object ID

09.03.02

Citation (Chicago-style 18th Edition)

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San Francisco Laundry

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May 14, 1870

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San Francisco, California, United States

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https://twain.lib.virginia.edu/roughingit/map/lesliehp.html

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Multimedia details

Publisher

Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper

Date

1870-05-14

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

Type

Image

Format

Drawing

File Format

jpg

Source

University of Virginia

Licensor

Public Domain

MUMI Number

09.03.IMG.016

Publisher

Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper

Date

1870-05-14

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

Type

Image

Format

Drawing

File Format

jpg

Source

University of Virginia

Licensor

Public Domain

MUMI Number

09.03.IMG.016

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