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Title
View of buildings along Merchessault Street in Los Angeles's Chinatown looking east, November 1933
Date Created and/or Issued
1933-11-01
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 a view of buildings along Merchessault Street in Los Angeles's Chinatown looking east, November 1933. A long, two-story brick building extends across the image from the foreground at left towards the background at right. A concrete sidewalk runs along the front of the image, while balconies can be seen along the second floor. Several awnings cover the balconies at center. Large wooden doors and arched windows are visible on the first floor, while more windows can be seen on the second. Many potted plants are visible on the second floor balconies.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, transparency, b&w
10 x 13 cm., 13 x 17 cm.
negatives (photographic)
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2180
USC-2-1-1-2241 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35158
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2180
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35158.jpg
Subject
Chinese Americans
Buildings
Streets
Dwellings
Architecture, Domestic
Los Angeles--Chinatown
Time Period
1933-11-01
Place
California
Chinatown
Los Angeles
Marchessault Street
USA
Source
35158 [Accession number]
CHS-35158 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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