HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT SERIES OF PHOTOS CHINESE LEPERS SAN FRANCISCO 1870S RARE photographer The halves are separated along

The halves are separated along the spine

Lot of three ninth-plate (1/9) ambrotypes of men

but I don't believe later than the 1950s

Some age-related foxing

HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT SERIES OF PHOTOS CHINESE LEPERS SAN FRANCISCO 1870S RARE photographer The halves are separated alongRare series of seven original, late 1870s cabinet cards (6. 5" x 4. 25" each) documenting Chinese immigrants suffering from leprosy. They were patients of Dr. John W. Foye, who was resident physician at San Francisco City and County Small pox Hospital. Image #3, provided for reference, is quoted from the book, "Mtter Museum Historic Medical Photographs. The College of Physicians of Philadelphia" and mentions one of the subjects of these photos, Fo