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1870-1900: Closing of the Frontier > Chinese Exclusion Act

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Title: Chinese Butcher and Grocery Shop, Chinatown, S.F. Taber Photo. 2936.
Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

The images in this group reflect the daily lives of the Chinese in California during the late 1800s. Some also express the anti-Chinese feeling that resulted in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

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Calisphere is the University of California's free public gateway to a world of primary sources. More than 150,000 digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts — reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history. Calisphere's content has been selected from the libraries and museums of the UC campuses, and from a variety of cultural heritage organizations across California. Visit Calisphere at: http://www.calisphere.org

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