Chinese Envelope
Dublin Core
Title
Chinese Envelope
Subject
Letter
Envelope
Chinese
Chinese Characters
Downieville
California
Stamp
Envelope
Chinese
Chinese Characters
Downieville
California
Stamp
Description
This pink envelope was sent from China to California. The address states it is to Quong Fung Hi, of Downieville, California. Downieville was one of the major places for immigrants to live. It was not just a Chinese immigrant town, Mexicans and Chileans also moved there. The envelope symbolises that immigrants did have communication with their families and friends back home. This was not just a one way communication for them to send money back. There is a stamp on the front of a Chinese character. It is a wealthy looking woman veiled, holding a fan she represents high Chinese culture.
Creator
Unknown – sent to Quong Fung Hi
Publisher
Oakland Museum of California
http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h753341826
http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h753341826
Date
Unknown – sent to Quong Fung Hi
Contributor
Sarah Smith
Rights
Oakland Museum of California Collection: H75.334.1826
Language
English & Chinese
Type
Material object - paper
Identifier
19th century California
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown – sent to Quong Fung Hi, “Chinese Envelope,” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed May 11, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/58.