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Chinatown, Philadelphia, Pa. [900 block Race Street] [graphic].
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Contributor
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Sander, P., publisher.
Title
Chinatown, Philadelphia, Pa. [900 block Race Street] [graphic].
Publisher
[New York] : P. Sander
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1911
Date
[ca. 1911]
Physical Description
1 print : collotype ; sheet 14 x 9 cm (5.5 x 3.5 in.) (postcard format)
Description
View of Chinatown on the 900 block of Race Street in Philadelphia. In the right, shows the exterior of the Far East Chinese Restaurant at 907-909 Race Street built after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter in ca. 1827 and later altered with 907 raised one story and 909 raised two stories. There are Chinese architectural details on the balcony and awning which reads, 907 Far East Chinese Cafe. A white man police officer and a white woman stand under the awning and face the viewer. Buildings extend on both sides of the street including another restaurant with a sign that reads, 917 Cafe. Men and women pedestrians walk on the sidewalks. The Far East Chinese Restaurant operated from circa 1906 to 1952.
Notes
Title from item.
Date inferred from medium and content.
Divided back.
Library Company copy has manuscript message and address written on verso and is postmarked, Philadelphia, Pa. Jul 13, 1911 4:30 P.M.
Gift of Linda Kimiko August.
Subject
Far East Chinese Restaurant.
Chinatowns.
Chinese restaurants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Police -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Restaurants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Asian American restaurants.
AAPI.
Geographic subject
Chinatown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Race Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 900 block.
Genre
Collotypes -- 1910-1920.
Postcards -- 1910-1920.
Associated name
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Publisher
Sander, P., publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| LCP Postcards - Streets - Race [P.2023.27.2]
Accession number
P.2023.27.2
In Collections
Asian American and Pacific Islander History Collection
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