Gold Mountain, Big City: Ken Cathcart's 1947 Illustrated Map of San Francisco's Chinatown
Channel: Mechanics' Institute
Date: 2020-09-28

This event was produced in partnership with the San Francisco Department of Memory, producer of San Francisco History Days.

Join us for a virtual and vividly illustrated presentation of Jim Schein's new book about Ken Cathcart's 1947 illustrated map of San Francisco's Chinatown. The map in book form provides viewers with a unique opportunity to experience the history of Chinatown through a new, immersive lens. Each quadrant of Cathcart's map - which doubles as a guide for explorers of the book - is supplemented by never-before-seen black-and-white photographs and meticulous research. Gold Mountain, Big City drops the reader into a world of curious characters, revealing a glimpse of the immigration story so universal to America in both its celebratory aspects and its darkness. Celebrated as a visually noteworthy new book for 2020 by the New York Times, Gold Mountain, Big City comes with a folding edition of the map in a rear pocket.

Jim Schein lives in San Francisco and is the owner and operator of Schein & Schein Old Maps Store along with his wife, Marti Schein.

Books available through Alexander Book Company, Green Apple, and directly via https://www.scheinandschein.com/new-book.