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Title
Portrait of two female garment workers holding two spools of thread and fabric in a pose for the camera, ca.1940
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1940
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
Photographic portrait of two female garment workers holding two spools of thread and fabric in a pose for the camera, ca.1940. To the right of center, a girl wearing a lightly colored Asian style wrap sits holding a spool of thread in each hand while smiling at the camera. A second girl stands behind to the left of center holding a piece of fabric in her hands. While the first girl is only visible from the waist up, the second girl is visible from the knees up. Wooden paneling is visible as a background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7996
USC-2-1-1-8128 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40660
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7996
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40660.jpg
Subject
Clothing and dress
Fashion
Clothing trade
Clothing workers
Clothing factories
Factories
Industry--Clothing
Time Period
circa 1940
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
40660 [Accession number]
84-1-1266 [Microfiche number]
CHS-40660 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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