Official map of Chinatown in San Francisco : prepared under the supervision of the special committee of the Board of Supervisors. July 1885. W.B. Farwell. John E. Kunkler. E.B. Pond
Description
No old shelf mark. A very explicit map. "The colors indicate as follows; General Chinese Occupancy (orange) Chinese Gambilng Houses (pink) Chinese Prostitution (green) Chinese Opium Resorts (yellow) Chinese Joss Houses (red) White Prostitution (blue). The map and colors show only the first or street floor of Chinatown and the occupancy of same." Dupont Street became Grant Avenue, Montgomery St. here became Columbus St. According to Dr. Robert Chandler, Historian for Wells Fargo Co. in San Francisco, "This is quite a famous map. It was part of the Municipal Report for that year and then published separately with the Chinatown Section. . . .SF Call reporter at the time, Ernest C. Stock, declared the basement occupants were even worse..." See RB 80542 for a copy of the Municipal Report. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.