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Donaldina Cameron (July 26, 1869 – January 4, 1968) was a New Zealand-born American Presbyterian missionary who was a pioneer in the fight against slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown, who helped more than 2,000 Chinese immigrant girls and women escape from forced prostitution or indentured servitude. [1]
Less than a year after the San Francisco Art Exchange's 1985 display of 100 Vargas drawings, it announced the sale of two of his works for $550,000. Prior to the show, the highest price paid for a Vargas had been $80,000; [3] In September 1986, the gallery announced the sale of 45 Vargas paintings for $4.6 million.
Chinatown, San Francisco, known as the "original" Chinatown, is a neighborhood on Grant Avenue/Stockton Street. Chinatown, San Francisco may also refer to: Clement Street Chinatown, San Francisco, in the Richmond District; Irving Street Chinatown, San Francisco, in the Sunset District; Noriega Street Chinatown, San Francisco, in the Sunset District
Aerial view of San Francisco, looking south, with Fisherman's Wharf just left of center, directly above a lone sailboat. One of the busiest and well known tourist attractions in the western United States, Fisherman's Wharf is best known for being the location of Pier 39, the Cannery Shopping Center, Ghirardelli Square, a Ripley's Believe it or Not museum, the Musée Mécanique, Madame Tussauds ...
Chinatown is a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, along S. Wentworth Avenue between Cermak Road and W. 26th St.Over a third of Chicago's Chinese population resides in this ethnic enclave, making it one of the largest concentrations of Chinese-Americans in the United States. [3]
The Korea–China Cultural Center (2023) Incheon Chinatown has many attractions such the Chinese-style temple Uiseondang (의선당; 義善堂). It also has a street of murals depicting the history of Three Kingdoms. [21] The Korea–China Cultural Center was built in 2005. [3] [22] There is also a Chinese school that was constructed in 1934. [23]
The Financial District is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States, that serves as its main central business district and had 372,829 jobs according to U.S. census tracts as of 2012-2016. [5]
Parade at the Chinatown San Francisco website; Chinatown–Festivals–1953 at the San Francisco Public Library digital images collection; similar folders exist for 1954–65. "David Lei talks about the origins of the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade". StoryCorps. 2016. on YouTube (2012)