San Francisco Public Library

SF Public Library Exhibit Honors Chinese Rail Workers

Ging Cui, Wong Fook, and Lee Shao, three of the eight Chinese workers who put the last rail in place, on a float at 50th Anniversary celebration in 1919. Photograph courtesy Amon Carter Museum of American Art Archives, Fort Worth, Texas.

On view January 19 through May 22, 2022, Silent Spikes: Following in the Footprints of Chinese Railroad Workers, a new, detailed exhibit at the San Francisco Main … Read more