Photograph album of Chinese men and women in Sierra County

Vault-184

The collection consists of a photograph album kept by justice of the peace John T. Mason in Downieville, California. The album contains 176 identification photographs of Chinese men and women in Sierra County, California, dated between 1890 and 1930, with the bulk of the photographs taken in Downieville by D. D. Beatty in 1894. Most photographs are accompanied by inscriptions indicating the name, occupation, age, place of residence, height, and physical characteristics of the subject. Some inscriptions include additional information about deaths, family relationships, and emigration to China, often appended after 1894. The photographs are preceded by a list of Chinese residents of Sierra County, to which they are linked. The album also contains three pages of Mason's notes about summonses, warrants, and arrests in Sierra County in 1890.

Mason, John T.

Beatty, D. D.

1890-1930

John T. Mason was a justice of the peace in Downieville, California.

Photograph albums

1 photograph album (176 photographic prints) ; 12.5 x 19.5 cm.

Photograph album of Chinese men and women in Sierra County, 1890-1930, Vault 184, California Historical Society.

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Chinese Americans
Law enforcement
Identification photographs

Sierra County (Calif.)

Vault 184

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