Image / Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

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Title: Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1920-1930]
1920/1939
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.
Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown on unpaved street with spectators on the sidewalk. The man supporting the front holds the lion's head high above his own head and is smiling. There is allot of dust or smoke in the foreground. A sign on a commercial building reads: "Eastern Grocery Co."
Handwritten on negative: Chinese Dragon
Text from negative sleeve: L.A. Chinatown
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_0168
ark:/21198/zz002d9cwv
Language: English
Subject: Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles
Culture
Entertainment
Events
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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