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Title
Chinese young women in fine clothing, ca.1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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
Studio photograph of two young Chinese girls of Chinatown in fine costume, ca.1900. They are sitting in ornate wooden chairs on either side of a narrow table. Each has a hand on the table and in each hand is a closed fan. On the table is a vase of flowers and two other objects.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w
25 x 20 cm., 22 x 17 cm.
portraits
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10292
USC-1-1-1-10437 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1159
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10292
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1159.jpg
Subject
Chinese Americans
Costume
Minorities--Chinese
Housing areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-230- [Microfiche number]
1159 [Accession number]
CHS-1159 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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