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Title
Chinese American actress
Alternative Title
Shades of L.A. Photo Collection
Contributor
Shades of L.A. is an archive of photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were chosen from family albums and include daily life, social organizations, work, personal and holiday celebrations, and migration and immigration activities. Made possible and accessible through the generous support of the Security Pacific National Bank, Sunlaw Cogeneration Partners, Photo Friends, California Council for the Humanities, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1943
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and educational use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/orderinguse.html for additional information.
The contents of this collection are restricted to personal, research, and non-commercial use. The Library cannot share the personal and/or contact information of the donors, their descendants, or associates who contributed photographs and oral histories to the collection.
Description
Autographed promotional portrait of Anna May Wong, the only Chinese actress in Hollywood during the 1930s and 40s.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00004523
Shades of L.A. Collection; Shades of L.A.: Chinese American Community
S-006-814 120
CARL0000022265
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/78319
Subject
Wong, Anna May,--1905-1961
Women--California--Los Angeles
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Shades of L.A. Collection photographs
Source
Jung, Edith

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