Abstract
In 1870, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper gave its readers a tour of San Francisco's Chinatown as it appeared to travel writer Thomas W. Knox and illustrator Joseph Becker, who spent the end of 1869 and the first few weeks of 1870 there. “The Coming Man” series appeared weekly from May 7 through July 30, 1870, with the exception of a July 9 article and illustrations that covered “a large body of Mongolians in a shoe-factory” in Massachusetts hired as contract workers to replace employees who had “quarreled” with the owner over wages. The San Francisco series was surprisingly free of the stereotypes that permeated other coverage, including articles in other issues of Leslie's. The series appeared as Californians debated legislation to discriminate against Chinese, to restrict Chinese-owned businesses, and ultimately to exclude Chinese immigration.
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