2010.7.3

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Chinese Accountant, Chinatown, San Francisco
circa 1880
7.5 in HIGH x 9.5 in WIDE
(19.05 cm HIGH x 24.13 cm WIDE)
Gift of Mr. Paul Sack
2010.7.3

Bottom edge of print has "4226 Chinese Accountant, Chinatown, San Francico, Cal. Taber Photo San Francisco."
SFMOMA, "The View From Here: 75 Years of Looking Forward," January 16 - June 20, 2010.





This is a photograph of two Chinese men and Chinese boy sitting at a table. The man on the right is writing in a ledger and the man in the center is using an abacus. Behind them are shelves with books and papers.

Provenance: Purchased from William Schaeffer by Paul Sackl for $900 in January 2001. Donated to OMCA by Sack in Dec. 2009.

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