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Title
Men and women in traditional Chinese costume at La Fiesta in Los Angeles, ca.1901
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1901
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of men and women in traditional Chinese costume at La Fiesta in Los Angeles, ca.1901. Men and women in silk pants, jackets and dresses are pictured on rickshaw-style carts decorated with chinese characters, some of whom have wide wicker hats. In the left foreground, one holding a decorative spear fixes his sandal, while to the right, a lone man in a wide-brimmed hat stands watching him. The women can be seen in the background. Picture file card reads "President McKinley?".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10259
USC-1-1-1-10404 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8519
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10259
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8519.jpg
Subject
Chinese Americans
Costume
Parades
Minorities--Chinese
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1901
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-230- [Microfiche number]
8519 [Accession number]
CHS-8519 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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