Photographer Orlando Stringer captured this fascinating series of black-and-white photos depicting the beauty of everyday life in San Francisco’s Chinatown throughout the 1950s.
1.A customer receives her order from the butcher at Ying Fat Lung’s Chinese shop.
2.A woman samples a small portion of rice.
3.Five women dressed in traditional Chinese clothing read the day’s headlines.
4.Chorus girls at Forbidden City.
5.A shop assistant at the Tai Ping Company boutique on Grant Avenue demonstrates a giant Chinese fan to an interested customer.
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