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Title
Outdoor beauty parlor, Hong Kong, China, 1940
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1940-01-24
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photograph of outdoor beauty parlor. The scene is in a narrow alleyway on steps. The young woman having her hair styled is seated in a chair. Others wait on the steps behind the chair. Signs cover the walls of the alley. Others are seated and look at the camera. The women waiting in line, as well as the woman in the chair are dressed in light colors.
"Beauty parlor in alley stairs."
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 6.3 x 9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m2477 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-001-10-0004
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2477
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-001-10-0004.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Urban population
Life styles
Fashion
Exterior views
Time Period
1940-01-24
Place
China
Hong Kong
Source
MKL/China/001/10/0004 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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