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Title: Birthday party for Christine Sterling
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator: Quillen, Harry
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1940
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Christine Sterling, wearing an orchid corsage, celebrates her birthday in China City, an area she helped create. An assortment of friends are in attendance, some wearing traditional Chinese clothing. One woman, right, wears a fur coat. The tablecloth has “Happy Birthday” printed on it. On top of the table is the birthday cake with candles ready to be lit. A pink flamingo figurine sits in a dish next to the tea pots.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00073386
Harry Quillen Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
GPC_b81; A-010-454 4x5
CARL0000076628
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/120501
Subject: Sterling, Christine,--1882-1963
Birthday cakes
Birthday parties
Costumes
Women
Chinese Americans
Teapots
Lost architecture
Architecture--California--China City (Los Angeles)--Chinese influences
Buildings--California--China City (Los Angeles)
Celebrations
China City (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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