1900–1940s: Emerging Industrial Order > Growing Ethnic Diversity


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Title: Chinese Fish-man and his aquarium. S.E. cor. Jackson & Grant Ave. Feb. 1922.
Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
These images reflect some of the diverse ethnic groups that came to the West Coast from locations around the globe. They also illustrate some of the challenges they faced in assimilating into California society.
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