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
Photograph of booths at a Chamber of Commerce exhibit, where you can have your profile carved in soap for 50 cents, ca.1930. A man wearing a darkly colored robe sits on a chair to the right while holding what appears to be a piece of soap in his left hand. The man has a mustache and slicked back hair as he uses a metal tool to carve into the soap with his right hand. A darkly colored cabinet with figurines placed on it sits on the tiled floor to the left of the man. In the center, a woman stands behind a counter with a glass case while a second woman sits in front holding some sort of tool and round object in her hands. A mural is painted on the wall behind the women while two more women can be seen standing to the left. A sign above reads "2 Feature Hits Now Playing".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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