Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a Chinese barber shaving a customer, China, ca.1900. The barber is pictured standing to the right, holding his customer by the joint of the shoulder and neck. The customer sits on a small bench, while to the right, a stand that holds a metal basin and other accoutrements can be seen and appears to be portable. The corner of the building is visible in the lefthand foreground, along with the handle of a shovel. The background consists of a cleared lot. Tall buildings can be seen beyond the lot. An earlier record reads "The Chinese barber sets up his shop at any place he find[s] a customer".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : negative, photographic print, b&w 9 x 10 cm., 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints negatives (photographic) photographs
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