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Los Angeles Times' roving misfit Abercrombie, eating Pidan century-old duck egg in Los Angeles' Chinatown, 1946

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Title: Los Angeles Times' roving misfit Abercrombie, eating Pidan century-old duck egg in Los Angeles' Chinatown, 1946
Date Created and/or Issued: May 20, 1946
1946-05-20
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: GO ON, EAT IT: Abercrombie sits down to a meal of hom don chien gee yuk -- in other words, a century-old Chinese duck egg. In the foreground, adding atmosphere, are baby ducks which act as mousers in kitchen of place run by Jack Jung, left.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b3227_40558
ark:/21198/zz0002v7r4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Food--China
People
Chinese American merchants--California--Los Angeles
Reporters and reporting--California
Chicks
Culture
Lifestyle
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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