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Title: Altar to ancestors
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
C.C. Pierce & Co
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: Interior of a Buddhist Temple showing an altar to ancestors on Chinese New Year's Day.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00031082
Los Angeles Photographers Collection; C.C. Pierce Collection
A-009-903 4x5
CARL0000033015
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/126283
Subject: Buddhist altars
Buddhist art and symbolism
Buddhist temples--California--Los Angeles
Interiors--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles)
Old Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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