COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Farwell, Willard B.
Author:
Kunkler, John E.
Author:
Pond, E.B.
Date:
1885
Short Title:
Official Map of Chinatown in San Francisco.
Publisher:
Bosqui Eng. & Print Co.,
Publisher Location:
San Francisco
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
62
Obj Width cm:
140
Scale 1:
480
Note:
Engraved and printed by Bosqui Eng. & Print Co., San Francisco, 1885. First edition, first issue. Large folding map on two sheets, joined. Printed in colors. In 1885, at the height of the anti-Chinese hysteria in California, the official Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Supervisors was issued, reporting on the "Condition of the Chinese Quarter and the Chinese in San Francisco." This inflammatory report included the rare folding color map of Chinatown, but in the usual "small-scale" version (approx. 8½x19½ inches). This map was also issued in the San Francisco Municipal Report of 1884-85, and in Farwell's The Chinese at Home and Abroad (see our 5807.000). However, this first issue of this map was printed in a supersized version by San Francisco's first "fine press printer," Edward Bosqui. It was most likely printed for the use of key city officials. The map shows San Francisco's Chinatown, bordered by California, Stockton, Broadway, and Kearny Streets. It is color-coded to show every business, gambling parlor, houses of white and Chinese prostitution, opium "Resorts," joss houses, etc. It was printed on a scale of 40 feet to the inch. The differences in this large-scale copy and the smaller version are the list of Supervisors imprinted thereon, different type fonts for streets, etc, one mistakenly identified house of white prostitution (corrected in the smaller version as a house of Chinese prostitution, and the Bosqui imprint. This large-scale version is exceedingly rare. Only a handful of copies are known, most in institutional libraries.
Reference:
Link to full text of the 1885 San Francisco Municipal Report on the "Condition of the Chinese Quarter and the Chinese in San Francisco." This map appeared in the report at the end. The report is part two of Willard B. Farwell's "The Chinese at Home and Abroad." http://archive.org/…
County:
San Francisco
City:
San Francisco
Subject:
Land Use
Full Title:
Official Map of Chinatown in San Francisco. Prepared under the supervision of the Special Committee of the Board of Supervisors, July, 1885.
List No:
6714.001
Series No:
1
Engraver or Printer:
Bosqui, Edward
Publication Author:
Kunkler, John E.
Publication Author:
Pond, E.B.
Publication Author:
Farwell, Willard B.
Pub Date:
1885
Pub Title:
Official Map of Chinatown in San Francisco. Prepared under the supervision of the Special Committee of the Board of Supervisors, July, 1885.
Pub Note:
Engraved and printed by Bosqui Eng. & Print Co., San Francisco, 1885. First edition, first issue. Large folding map on two sheets, joined. Printed in colors. In 1885, at the height of the anti-Chinese hysteria in California, the official Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Supervisors was issued, reporting on the "Condition of the Chinese Quarter and the Chinese in San Francisco." This inflammatory report included the rare folding color map of Chinatown, but in the usual "small-scale" version (approx. 8½x19½ inches). This map was also issued in the San Francisco Municipal Report of 1884-85, and in Farwell's The Chinese at Home and Abroad (see our 5807.000). However, this first issue of this map was printed in a supersized version by San Francisco's first "fine press printer," Edward Bosqui. It was most likely printed for the use of key city officials. The map shows San Francisco's Chinatown, bordered by California, Stockton, Broadway, and Kearny Streets. It is color-coded to show every business, gambling parlor, houses of white and Chinese prostitution, opium "Resorts," joss houses, etc. It was printed on a scale of 40 feet to the inch. The differences in this large-scale copy and the smaller version are the list of Supervisors imprinted thereon, different type fonts for streets, etc, one mistakenly identified house of white prostitution (corrected in the smaller version as a house of Chinese prostitution, and the Bosqui imprint. This large-scale version is exceedingly rare. Only a handful of copies are known, most in institutional libraries.
Pub List No:
6714.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
62
Pub Width cm:
140
Image No:
6714001
Authors:
Farwell, Willard B.; Kunkler, John E.; Pond, E.B.
Official Map of Chinatown in San Francisco.
