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Chinese American Museum of Chicago

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

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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

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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

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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

ca. 1880-1935: A Chinese Soldier in Nebraska

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The state of Nebraska has at least two claims to fame among Chinese-Americans. First, in 1898 it hosted a world… Read more ca. 1880-1935: A Chinese Soldier in Nebraska

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