Poster of Protect the Emperor Society, Chinatown, San Francisco
Here is a scene from San Francisco's Chinatown around the turn of the century, showing a man selling toys and snacks below a poster for the Protect the Emperor Society, which advocated the restoration to the throne of the young emperor Guangxu, whose position had been usurped by the dowager empress Cixi.
- Date:
- 1901 circa 5 years
- Original Format:
- Photographic Print
- Item#:
- 1890.0280
- Photographer:
- Arnold Genthe
- Height:
- 2032px
- Width:
- 2850px
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