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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
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
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