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008          s1938                            d 
010    AAB-6957 
110 2  Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) 
245 00 [Chan Ching reading a Chinese newspaper]|h[graphic]. 
260    |c1938 Oct. 24. 
300    1 photographic print:|bb&w. 
490 0  San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection 
500    "Acme Newspictures Inc. photograph." 
540    Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San
       Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. 
       www.sfpl.org/permissions. 
555    Folder: S.F. Districts-Chinatown-Newspapers. 
590    Written on back: "SAN FRANCISCO--A PALL OF GLOOM SETTLE 
       OVER SAN FRANCISCO'S FAMED CHINATOWN--COMPOSED LARGELY OF 
       CANTONESE CHINESE--AS WAR  NEWS FROM THE ORIENT TOLD OF 
       THE OCCUPATION AND BURNINGS OF CANTON, AND THE MERCILESS 
       DRIVE OF THE JAPANESE LEGIONS ON HANKOW. CHINESE OLDSTERS 
       LIKE CHAN CHING, 70, SCANNED CHINESE PAPERS FOR CASUALTY 
       LISTS AND THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE WAR SACKED HOMELAND, 
       BUT 'WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR PEOPLE, OUR 
       PROPERTY, THERE WILL BE NO LISTS OF DEAD OR WOUNDED FOR 
       MANY DAYS.'". 
650  0 Chinese American newspapers|zCalifornia|zSan Francisco. 
651  0 San Francisco (Calif.)|vPhotographs. 
651  0 Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) 
710 2  Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) 
856 40 |uhttp://webbie1.sfpl.org/multimedia/sfphotos/AAB-6957.jpg
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970    |t<img src="http://webbie1.sfpl.org/multimedia/thumbnails/
       aab6957_x.jpg"> 
980    Dale