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Chinese lion is readied for the New Year celebration in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1927

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Title: Chinese lion is readied for the New Year celebration in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: February
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A Chinese lion positioned on a platform on an unpaved street is readied by 9 men for the February 5 New Year celebration in Chinatown. A crowd of spectators held back by a rope partition watches. Two photographers are positioned in front of the partition.
Text from negative sleeve: L.A. Chinatown
Handwritten on negative: Chinese dragon [the head matches the lion's head in 2 other photographs: ark nos. 21198/zz002d9cvb and 21198/zz002d9d0w]
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_0166
ark:/21198/zz002d9ctt
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Events
Culture
Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles
Entertainment
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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