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17. Chinese Art Bench

Christen Derr17. Chinese Art Bench
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Christen Derr

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300 Main St, Chico, CA 95928

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The Chinese luminary art bench was a private commission to commemorate the life of Andrea Spressarts. Her life was cut short suddenly and her boyfriend and family raised funds to pay for this bench to honor the fact that Andrea was a historian who was interested in Chinese culture the bench tells a story of the murders of four Chinese workers at the Lem Ranch in 1877 noteworthy is that the bench plaque and please characters translate to live and remember.

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