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A Chinese Bagnio, San Francisco.

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1 photographic print: b&w., S.F. Districts-Chinatown-Prostitutes Folder, AAB-7004, San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Creator/Contributor: I[saiah] W[est] Taber (1830-1912), photographer

Date: c. 1871-1906

Location: San Francisco

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Consuming Identities: Visual Culture in 19th Century San Francisco traces the growth of the commodified image industry in San Francisco during the nineteenth century, incorporating mass-reproduced visual representations of people into a broader history and explaining the cultural roots of modern celebrity.

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