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Title
Chinese teacher and pupil, Chinatown, Los Angeles, ca.1880
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1880
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 seated Chinese man (teacher) with back to desk looking at a folded book held by a young Chinese boy (student) standing at right. Both have pigtails and wear traditional Chinese clothing. Several banners written in Chinese hang on the wall behind them. A hearth is visible to the right. There is a rug on the floor.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegative, glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
13 x 10 cm., 26 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2899
USC-1-1-1-2972 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2025
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2899
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2025.jpg
Subject
Chinese Americans
Teachers
Education
Minorities--Chinese
Educational facilities
Time Period
circa 1880
Place
California
Chinatown
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-230- [Microfiche number]
2025 [Accession number]
CHS-2025 [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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