Early Chinese in Sonoma Lecture and Film
Wed, Feb 19
|Sonoma Community Center
Peter Meyerhof presents Chinese in Sonoma
Time & Location
Feb 19, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, CA 95476, USA
About the event
Sponsored by the Sonoma Valley Historical Society: Lecture by Dr. Pedter Meyerhof with showing of film "Murder at the Chinese Laundry".
Tickets are $10.00 and are available by registering in advance with the QR code below. This event will sell out.
The history of Chinese in Sonoma is one of inclusion and exclusion and although the Chinese residents of Sonoma Valley left no written record of their history, it is captured by the census records (that are notoriously incomplete), governmental proceedings that discuss labor and agricultural issues, newspaper articles, and personal stories of community members. Important and unique are 1867 photos by Eadweard Muybridge in which the Chinese were not necessarily the photo subject but they capture the story of Chinese vineyard and winery labor in Sonoma Valley.
Eadweard Muybridge photographed Buena Vista vineyards and winery extensively in 1867. Included in his photos are Chinese laborers. The Sonoma Valley Historical…