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Title
Shirley Fung dances Hawaiian
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Quillen, Harry
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1945
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Shirley Fung, dressed in an Hawaiian grass skirt, leis, and white leather oxfords, dances the hula to music from a piano played by a woman dressed and coiffed in a traditional Chinese outfit. Onlookers wearing sunglasses crowd around the piano and dance floor.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00073252
Harry Quillen Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Children.; A-010-521 4x5; GPC_b81
CARL0000076745
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/120514
Subject
Fung, Shirley
Girls--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles)
Costumes
Hula (Dance)--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles)
Festivals--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles)
Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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