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Contributor Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Title Chinatown by moonlight Philadelphia, Pa. [900 block Race Street] [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1915
Date [ca. 1915]
Physical Description 1 print : color halftone photomechanical print ; 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. Light emanates through windows and from the signs on the buildings, and the moon shines from above. 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 17, 1915 1[0] A.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 Halftone photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1910-1920.
Postcards -- 1910-1920.
Associated name Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| LCP Postcards - Streets - Race [P.2023.27.3]
Accession number P.2023.27.3

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