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Title
Chinese man working an apparatus with ropes, possibly sifting rice
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
Photograph of a Chinese man working an apparatus with ropes, possibly sifting rice, [s.d.]. At center, a man in a smock stands on a slightly elevated platform, holding a rope with both hands. The rope extends to the right over a basket of what appears to be rice, while nearer to the man's elbows, a stick is held, affixed to two more rope which extend toward the ceiling. Photo sleeve reads "Copied October 1930".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
18 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m22837 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-49348
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22837
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-49348.jpg
Subject
China
Labor
Industrial sites
Place
China
Source
49348 [Accession number]
CHS-49348 [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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