Bachelor Society in Chinatown – 47.02.IMG.014_NYG.PellStreetChinatown.1899.NYPL.PD.800995
This photograph taken on Pell Street in Manhattan’s Chinatown c. 1899 captures the “bachelor society” of the community.
The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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