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The City Chinese descent: 10,582 persons, or about two and
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T he 1900 census named San Francisco the a half percent of the city's population. Records of ..'

Chinese businesses and manufacturies show many


ninth most populous city in the nation, Chinese San Franciscans lived and worked outside
with a recorded count of 342,782 residents.
of Chinatown, and Chinatown's commercial and ......
A full third of San Francisco's population then had
been born outside the United States. Chinese and light industrial district extended along the area of Masthead of the "The Vindicator Newspaper".
Commercial Street all the way down to the Bay. SF Publiclibrary
Chinese Americans comprised at least four percent
CHINATOWN with diversified population
of the population, being recorded at 13,954
While portions of the white population agitated
persons. The Chinese Exclusion laws had been in
for residential segregation in San Francisco, San
Sources:
effect since 1882, and this figure represents nearly a
Francisco's Chinatown itself hosted people of
fifty percent decline from the 1890 census of
many ethnicities and national origins. ~ma, Eiichiro, Shin Sekai, In Engdopedia of JopantSt
Chinese San Franciscans. While for all census
American Hutory, Updated Edition, An A-to-Z R£jtmlte from
Block-by-block enumeration in the 1900 census
category groups in California, men outnumbered 1868 to the Present, Brian Nifya, Editor, Japanese American
shows how Chinatown was home to ethnically National MlISl!llm, New York: Checkmark Books.
women, discriminatory measures that severely
limited immigration of women of Chinese descent mixed neighborhoods of Chinese, Mexican, Irish,
French, Chilean, Swedish, and San Franciscans of AZ"ma, Eikhiro, The Politics of Transnational Hutory
led to a 1910 recorded population ratio among
other backgrounds, as well couples who married Making: JopantSt Immigrants on the Western 'Frontier,'
Chinese San Franciscans of ten-to-one.
across "racial" boundaries and their families. . 1927-1941, Journal ofAmerican Hutory, 89(4), Marrh 2003.
Restrictions had not yet been imposed on
Chinese-language newspapers publishing in
Japanese immigration, and recorded number qf Beas~, Deliah L, The Ntgra Trail Blazm of California; a
Chinatown in 1905, Mong Hing Yat Bo (Chinese compilation of recordsfrom the California arrhives in the Bancroft
Japanese San Franciscans increased from 590 in the
Daily World), Tai Tung Yat Bo (Chinese Free library at the Universiry of California, in Berke~; and from the
previous census to 1,781, or half a percent of the
Press), and Chung Sai Yat Po (Chinese-Western diams, old papers, and convmation.r of old pionem in the State
total city's 1900 population. African Americans of California, New York: Times Mirror Printing and Binding
Daily), were joined by other community-serving
were recorded to have comprised a similar House, 1919.
media. The offices of the Japanese American Issei
proportion of the population, at 1,654 persons,
newspaper, Shin Sekai, or The New World, Dicker, Laverne Mau. 1979. The Chinese in San
suggesting a decline of nearly 200 since the 1890
(1894-1942), the African American newspaper, the Franmco:A PidorialHistory. New York: Dover Publications,
census. The 1900 census enumerated only fifteen Inc.
San Francisco Vindicator (ca. 1884-1906), and for a
Native Americans in the city. Of immigrants in
time, the African American newspaper The
San Francisco the largest number were Germans, Lai, Him Marie. 1986. A HiJIory &claimed: An
Elevator (1865-1915), all operated from
who were recorded to comprise thirty percent of Annotated Bibliograpf?yof ChineseLanguageMaterials on the
Chinatown, in the block that today is the site of the ChineseofAmerica, etis.fumeD Leong andJean Pang Yip. Los
the population born outside the U.S., followed by
Gordon J. Lau Elementary School, across Clay Angeles: Re.rOUrrtand Development Publication.r, Arian
Irish, recorded at fourteen percent.
Street from the Chinese Historical Society of American Studies Center,Universiryof California.
The first census after the earthquake showed America.
that at 416,912, San Francisco was still California's Lorlie, Franm N., San Franmco's Black Communiry,
largest city, although its growth rate was the lowest. 1870-1890: Dilemmas in the s!nlggle for equaliry,' a thtiU,
(Compared with a twenty-two percent increase, Reproduced l!} Rand E Re.rearrhAssociates, 1973.

Oakland expanded 124 percent, and Berkeley 206


McClain, Charles]. 1994. In Searrh of Equaliry: The
percent over the same period.) Among people the Chinese S !niggle Against Ducrimination in Nineteenth-Century
1910 census classified as white, a full forty percent America. Berke~: Universiry of California Press.
had at least one parent who was an immigrant, the
highest ratio among California counties. Merriam, William R, Director of the Cenms Bureau,
The effects of Chinese Exclusion and related TlllelfthCt1ISIISof the United States, Taken in the Year 1900,
Ct1ISIIS&ports VoINmeI, PopulationPart I, Preparedunderthe
discriminatory legislation continued to be felt in a S lIjJervisionof William C. Hunt, Chief Statistician for
lower recorded population of San Franciscans of Population,Washington:UnitedStates Cen.rusOjJice,1901.
Masthead of the Japanese"
The New World Newspaper".

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San Francir&oCit1 Directoms of the Nineteenth and
TwentiethCentums, San Franmco Publiclibrary.

United States Bureau'of the CenSllS, ManllScript Census


, Enumeration Sheets, 1900 and 1910.
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CtnSHS, Thirteenth Ct1ISIIS of the United States Taken in the
Year 1910, VoINme II, Population 1910, Prepared under the
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1900 Census Data from San Francisco Chinatown, showing mixed


neighborhoods. Excerpt from 800 block of Pacific Avenue.
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Preface
One hundred years is quite a long time. In general, people rarely think about what
happened a hundred years ago. Last year, the Chinese Historical Society of America
contacted Sing Tao to discuss the centennial of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Given the historical significance of this event, Sing Tao, as a news agency, is pleased to
participate in commemorating the event. It is not only because of this whole number
of "100" is special; it is also because the Chinatown today cannot be separated from
the hard work and efforts of our ancestors. As the proverb says, "one generation
plants the trees under whose shade another generation rests", the more we understand
the history of the earthquake, the more we will cherish taday's Chinatown. With this
. historical perspective in mind, we will have more insight when we walk down
Stockton Street or Grant Avenue today.
Contents
We call this special supplement "The Unshakable." People have asked: Wasn't San
A Peaceful and Energetic Chinatown 03 Francisco Chinatown leveled to ground by the earthquake and the big fire? How can
we say Chinatown was unshakable?
Preface 04

Pre-quake Demographics 05 The tide refers to the determination of the Chinese to protect their rights, as well as
06 to Chinatown itself, which was built with blood and sweat. It is often said that the
The Furyand Firethat Shocked Chinatown
Chinese are people without cohesion. But the Chinese supported each other during
Survivors'Stories... 14 the crisis and their strong opposition to relocating Chinatown after the earthquake
LewHlng: A Kinsman to the Rescue 21 demonstrates the strong unity among the Chinese. The Chinese did not depend on
relief. Those who were capable made every effort to find work; and those who were
Plan for Relocation of Chinatown Rejected 22 weak and could no longer work, went back to the home country. They did not want to
Scenes from the Quake 26 become a burden to the society, or to disgrace the reputation of the Chinese. This
excellent Chinese tradition of self-reliance should be honored and taught. People
True Heroes who Stood up for Chinatown 30
should not always link the old Chinatown negatively with opium and indecency. .
Chinatown to satisfy the
Westem Imagination 36 The editors of Sing Tao have compiled this supplement from the many historical
materials about the Chinese during the 1906 earthquake. We have, particularly,
The Speedy Rebuilding of
Chinatown FamilyAssociations 38 reviewed the Chung Sai Yat Pao, the only Chinese language newspaper published at
that time. In addition, we interviewed community members and explored issues of the
Chinese Chamber of Commerce future of Chinatown and Chinese civil rights. Since this supplement covers many
-from Commercial Interest to Civil Rights 42
aspects of a huge subject, our hope is that our readers will learn how even the biggest
The BigOne and the events develop from small clues and that we will continue to acknowledge the
Development of Satellite Chinatowns 44 contributions of our ancestors, as well as continuing to treasure the Chinatown of
Chinatown -
Conservation and today. We would like to dedicate this supplement to the Chinese victims of the 1906
San Francisco earthquake, as well as the pioneers who helped to rebuild Chinatown.
Developement 46

The Long and Winding Road 50 Sing Tao Editorial Department

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Editor in Chief: Joseph Leung
Editor: Wmg Chan Headquarter: -m!
Content Editor: Joyce Chen 5000MarinaBlvd.,3rdFloor,
Copy Editor: Ben Chan
Brisbane,
CA94005
Art Director: Jie She
Tel:650-808-8800
Cover Design : Jie She
Layout: Angie Zhang Fax:650-808-8801
Reporter: Shirley Chou, Pearl Liang, E-mail:editor@singtaousa.com
Ken Hu,Jane Xiao, Website:http://www.singtaousa.com
Alan Liu, Michael Sze The supplement is published by Sing Tao Newspapers
Translator: Danny Lone, Kai Lui, (S.F.) Ud. No parts may be reproduced without the
Brenda Huang written permission of the publisher.
Content Consultant :Anna Naruta lili'ltili1J"I'i8!imff;'m;U

04 I The Unshakable-Rebirth of S.F. Chinatown in 1906

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