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Category: Research Before 1900
1899: Chinese Mason Meeting in Chicago and Another in Wisconsin Aug 28 1899
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1890: The Rapid Rise of Chinese Laundries
This cartoon, by E.W. Kemble, appeared in Century Magazine in 1890 (vol. 40, no. 1, p. 480). It is interesting… Read more 1890: The Rapid Rise of Chinese Laundries
1889: The Clark Street Chinatown Reaches Maturity
First settled by Chinese in the mid-1870s, the area on Clark between Van Buren and Harrison had matured into a… Read more 1889: The Clark Street Chinatown Reaches Maturity
1883: Emma Lazarus Writes a Poem
Lazarus, a New York Jew, had little or no contact with China or Chinese. And yet a famous poem she… Read more 1883: Emma Lazarus Writes a Poem