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Title
Gim Fong funeral service
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Leonard, Gary
Date Created and/or Issued
2005
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph shows the body of Gim Fong, resting inside an open casket draped with an American flag during his funeral services, which were held at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier. Several people have gotten in line to pay their last respects to this patriarch. Mr. Fong, who served in the Army, was the owner and proprietor of a 53-year-old museum-like shop, Fong's Oriental Works of Art, located on Chung King Road in China City, now known as Chinatown. Fong, a master artisan known for his delicate miniatures, passed away October 17th of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 74. Photograph dated October 25, 2005.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print:color ;13 x 18 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00104998
Gary Leonard Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b44_f4_i10
CARL0005204062
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/119570
Subject
Rose Hills Memorial Park (Whittier, Calif.)
Dead persons--California--Whittier
Coffins--California--Whittier
Flower arrangements
Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--Whittier
Funeral service--California--Whittier
Flowers--California--Whittier
Flags--United States
Portrait photographs--2001-2010
Whittier (Calif.)
Gary Leonard Collection photographs

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