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

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Title: Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1920-1939]
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.
Chinese lion on a street in Chinatown with spectators on the sidewalk. A sign on a commercial building reads: "The Asiatic Costume Co., Chinese Wardrobe & Props, Sold & Rented."
The same man in the same lion's head is seen in image ark no. 21198/zz002d9czw
Handwritten on negative: Chinese lion dance ...
Text from negative sleeve: L.A. Chinatown
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_0169
ark:/21198/zz002d9cxc
Language: English
Subject: Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles
Culture
Lion dance--California--Los Angeles
Entertainment
Events
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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