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Title: Call to prayer at the Exposition
Alternative Title: Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1928
Publication Information: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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: Title supplied by cataloger.; Print contains three images.
At the 1928 Pacific Southwest Exposition in Long Beach, a costumed man gives a call to prayer while standing on a ledge of a Moorish-styled building as other costumed participants attempt to pray Moslem style. Photograph dated: [1928].
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;10 x 12 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00077495
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Collection
N-001-361.1 4x5
CARL0000079190
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/111092
Subject: Pacific Southwest Exposition--(1928 :--Long Beach, Calif.)
Exhibitions--California--Long Beach
Islam--Prayers and devotions
Adhan--California--Long Beach
Costumes
Architecture--California--Long Beach--Arab influences
Long Beach (Calif.)

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