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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bosko69, post: 9490944, member: 16283&quot;]Here&#039;s an etching by A.B. Dodge of a Chinese Tong War &#039;Hatchet Man&#039; (a Tong soldier/enforcer).The were called &#039;Highbinders&#039; because supposedly they bound their pigtail queues up into a bun under their hat so that an enemy could not grab it.</p><p><br /></p><p>San Francisco’s Chinatown had multiple Tongs. It would be Highbinders who would serve as soldiers during the Tong Wars of the 1880’s to 1906.</p><p>The Tong Wars ended with the reform that followed the 1906 Earthquake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Albert B. Dodge was an illustrator for local San Francisco newspapers from 1890 until 1901.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found this at a local Garage Sale,on the back is a birthday dedication from a child to a parent. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]446246[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]446247[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]446248[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]446249[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]446250[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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