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Title
Portrait of two men modeling two styles of uniform for the Refuse Collection Division in Los Angeles, 1920-1930
Date Created and/or Issued
1920/1930
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photographic portrait of two men modeling two styles of uniform for the Refuse Collection Division in Los Angeles, 1920-1930. The two men are standing at center and are looking at the viewer. The man at left is wearing a coverall-type uniform for night garbage collection and yard men, while the man at right is wearing separate a shirt and pants. Both men have dark boots and light-colored hats. They are standing in front of a wooden wall.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
13 x 10 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10245
USC-0-1-1-10390 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-15020
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10245
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-15020.jpg
Subject
Afro-Americans
Refuse and refuse disposal
Uniforms
Minorities--Blacks
Time Period
1920/1930
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
15020 [Accession number]
CHS-15020 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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