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Picture Book of Chinese Immortals and Whimsical Figures

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Picture Book of Chinese Immortals and Whimsical Figures

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Chong, Ma Wing

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Topics
californiarevealed, Chinese Americans, Chinese Americans in California, Chinese Americans--California, Northern, Chinese Americans--California--History--Pictorial Works, Chinese Americans--Folklore, Chinese, Northern California, Religion
Collection
placerresearchandarchives; californiarevealed; stream_only; americana
Language
Chinese
Rights
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This beautifully illustrated booklet includes thirty-seven hand painted figural drawings mainly representing Chinese Immortals (or deities) and whimsical figures. There is also a black line drawing of the logo for the 'Arctic Packing Co. Salmon.' The original artist is Ma Wing Chong (also known as M.W. Buck, 1888-1959) who was a teamster and laborer in Placer County and citizen of Auburn. The father of Ma Wing Chong, Kee Chinn, arrived in Auburn in the early 1850s and was a prominent local merchant and leader in the community., Text is written in Cantonese and a portion of the illustrations have been roughly translated, including: Flying Golden Dragon, Fire God, Immortal Buddha, God with Three Eyes, Two-Faced Immortal, Three-Headed Buddha, Day and Night, Heavenly Old Buddha, Monkey King, Immortal, Three-Eyed Heavenly King, and Water God.

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Contact Information
Placer County Museums Division, 101 Maple Street, Auburn, CA 95603, Telephone: (530) 889-6500, Email: museums@placer.ca.gov, http://www.placer.ca.gov/museums
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Source material provided by Placer County Museums Division. Preserved and made available online by California Revealed. California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
Addeddate
2021-02-16 04:01:04
Call number
1974.1.3
Identifier
caaupmd_000011
Identifier-ark
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Location
California, Northern
Ocr
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zh
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Ocr_detected_script
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