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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
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
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