"Chinatown, Grant Avenue in San Francisco, California," 1930-1945

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Postcard

Date Made

1930-1945

Subject Date

1953

Creator Notes

Colourpicture Publication, Boston, Massachusetts; published by Smith News Company, San Francisco, California.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

86.9.1.1513

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Dorothy Guimaraes.

Material

Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Photomechanical processes

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 3.5 in (folded)
Width: 5.438 in (folded)

Inscriptions

Text on front: Chinatown, Grant Avenue / San Francisco, California Text on back reads in part: Grant Avenue is the main artery of San Francisco / Chinatown. Here is the largest Chinese / settlement outside of the Orient. ...