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Title
Chinese Cook Portrait
Creator
Brewster, John Calvin
Date Created and/or Issued
1917
Publication Information
Museum of Ventura County
Contributing Institution
Museum of Ventura County
Collection
Brewster Photography
Rights Information
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Description
Bust portrait of Wong (or Quong), a Chinese cook at Matilija 1916-1918 and Thacher School cook. He is wearing a suit and tie as well as a hat, and is gazing to the left of the viewer.
Type
image
Format
Black and white negative
Black and white photograph
12.8 x 12.5 cm
Portrait, Bust
Identifier
25561 NP
15056
Language
English
Subject
Chinese Americans
Cooks
Men--Portraits
Place
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Source
Margaret Alice Slye Collection, 1993
J. Kelly Collection, 1988

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