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Title: Joss House lantern
Creator: Unknown
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: Handwritten note attached: "Lantern in Joss House. This is made to revolve by the heated air inside of it. For Lantern Feast, by Jessie Juliet Knox." Handwritten note on back of print, "beautiful lanterns containing revolving figures" Possibly taken inside the former San Jose joss house.
Type: image
Format: Black & White
Identifier: 98EDDA06-8029-459C-89B7-954545417800
1992-216-10
Subject: Lanterns
Temples
Chinese Americans
Chinese (LCSH)
Chinatowns
Interiors
Ng Shing Gung
Chinatown (San Jose, Calif.)

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