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Revival of David Henry Hwang’s play The Dance and the Railroad on Broadway, 2013
On a California mountaintop in 1867 near the Transcontinental Railroad, two Chinese workers struggle through poverty and hunger to reconnect with the traditions of their homeland… We are grateful to the Signature Theatre for making available this trailer and director’s interview for the production of “The Dance and the Railroad” that »
Ackerson Letter 1873
John C. Ainsworth papers 1858-1911 Box 11 Folder 4 Ackerson, John W. Plight of destitute Chinese in Tacoma December 4, 1873, Courtesy of University of Oregon Libraries. »
“Water Train, opposite Humboldt Lake”
View of water train in foreground. Chinese workers and railroad tracks are seen on right. Courtesy of the California History Room, California State Library. »
“Track Repairers, Empire City, Nevada”
Carleton E. Watkins. Track Repairers, Empire City, Nev., n.d. Stereocard. Watkins New Series of Pacific Coast Views, #4077. Chas. B. Turrill Coll. The Society of California Pioneers. »