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Title
Dragon used in a Chinese New Year celebration, Los Angeles
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 dragon used in a Chinese New Year celebration, Los Angeles, [s.d.]. The cloth dragon can be seen at center as it rests on a stack of wooden furniture in the middle of a street. The back of the head is visible at right. Two men can be seen on the ground beneath the large puppet. In the background at right, the feet of several bystanders can be seen.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographs)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m382 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36685
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m382
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36685.jpg
Subject
Chinese New Year
Dragon
Men
Roadways
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
36685 [Accession number]
CHS-36685 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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