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Chinatown fire of 1900

This picture shows the burning of a building in Chinatown, Honolulu, which was home to a lot of the Chinese migrants in Hawaii. Following the death of You Chong in 1899 from the plague, the Board of Health decided to quarantine the area. They…

Tags: 20th century, Asian experience, Asian Immigration, Bubonic plague, Chinatown, Chinatown Fire, Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese Immigrants, Chinese immigration, Epidemic, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Health, Honolulu, Photograph, Racism

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