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Title
Lawn bowling, ca.1930
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 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
Photograph of lawn bowling, ca.1930. In the right foreground, an old man man is standing in a delivery position on a mat. Three men are located behind him either standing or sitting on a bench
bushes are visible along the bench. Further to the back, a group of people standing on a row of four mats is visible while some are looking in the direction of the viewer
small bowls can be seen around each of these mats. A row of parked automobiles, positioned in front of a house, and a sign that says "For Sale [...]"on an empty grassy lot serve as the backdrop.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11536
USC-2-1-1-11686 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-42838
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11536
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42838.jpg
Subject
Lawn bowls
Recreation--Lawn bowling
Recreational facilities
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
42838 [Accession number]
84-1-96 [Microfiche number]
CHS-42838 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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