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Title
Portrait of two Chinese men, seated, holding incense and pipes
Contributor
See, Lisa, collector
Date Created and/or Issued
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Pacific Rim
Rights Information
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Description
[Identification of item]. Lisa See collection. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : glass negative
Identifier
photCL 624
1101777
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll12/id/3131
Subject
Chinese--California--Los Angeles--Photographs
Chinese Americans--California--Los Angeles--Photographs
Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--19th century--Photographs
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--20th century--Photographs
Photographs. (aat)
Glass plate negatives. (aat)
Portraits. (aat)
Source
Lisa See collection, 1881-1910 (bulk 1890s-1900s).
Glass plate negatives, approximately 1890s-1900s
Portraits
3
6
Pacific Rim, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
The photographs were found in the 1940s by donor Lisa See's father, Richard See, and her grandfather, Eddy See, in or around their family's antique business, F. Suie One Company, when it was located at 510 Los Angeles Street. The store was located on one of the last blocks of Old Chinatown to be demolished. One cabinet card photograph in the collection is stamped "Yee, Photo / 510 North Los Angeles Street," the same address, so possibly the location was formerly a photography studio.

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