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Title
Portrait of a Chinese Domestic Worker
Creator
Brewster, John Calvin
Date Created and/or Issued
No date
Publication Information
Museum of Ventura County
Contributing Institution
Museum of Ventura County
Collection
Brewster Photography
Rights Information
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Description
Portrait of a male Chinese domestic worker, seated. He is wearing traditional Chinese clothing, shoes, and hat, and is looking at the viewer. He is holding a fan in one hand and something indistinguishable in the other. He sits in an upholstered chair next to a small table with items on top of the table. Library records indicate the man is "Charlie", a servant in the home of Thomas R. Bard.
Type
image
Format
Portrait, Full
10.5 x 15.7 cm
Black and white photograph
Identifier
2353
Language
English
Subject
Chinese
Household employees
Traditional clothing
Men--California--Portraits
Place
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Port Hueneme (Calif.)

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