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Title
Actress Chiew Lai Sew in classical costume with water sleeves against bamboo trellis background /
Alternative Title
Digital Archive of Chinese Theater in California
Creator
May's Photo (Firm : San Francisco, Calif.)
Contributor
May's Photo (Firm : San Francisco, Calif.)
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1920 and 1929] (issued)
1920 (issued)
1929 (issued)
Publication Information
San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum
Contributing Institution
Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library
Collection
Collection of Chinese Theater Images in California
Rights Information
For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the librarian.
Description
May's Photo.
TIFF archival image file CD
Cataloging and digitization was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the librarian
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 20 cm.
Form/Genre
graphic
Photographic prints.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3c6016z6
ark:/13030/kt3c6016z6
Language
English
Subject
Chiew, Lai Sew
Operas, Chinese
Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco--Photographs
Dresses--Photographs
Actresses--California--San Francisco--Photographs
Sleeves--Photographs
Bamboo--Photographs
Trellises--Photographs
Place
Chinese Americans
California
San Francisco
Photographs
Actresses
San Francisco (Calif.)
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.).

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