Genthe colour transparency of Chinatown after the quake
1906
One of Arnold Genthe's images of the Chinatown district following the earthquake, dated by the Library of Congress to 18 April 1906. The catalogue record identifies the medium and the photographer but does not describe the scene or name a street.
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