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Title
Small Chinese girl in traditional dress, Chinatown, Los Angeles, ca.1920
Creator
Johnson, G.G
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
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 small Chinese girl standing beside a small table wearing a very embroidered pajama with an elaborate headgear with long tassels on each side of embroidered and beaded cap, Chinatown, Los Angeles, ca.1920. Her sleeves cover both of her hands. Her right hand lays on the top of the bench at her right. Behind her is a door(?). She is standing on a wooden floor outside(?). Three large Chinese characters are painted on a placard partially visible at left.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegative, glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm., 22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7975
USC-1-1-1-8096 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1902
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7975
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1902.jpg
Subject
Chinese Americans
Minorities--Chinese
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
California
Chinatown
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-230- [Microfiche number]
1902 [Accession number]
CHS-1902 [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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