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Title
Portait of an Olvera Street vendor
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 portait of an Olvera Street vendor, [s.d.]. The woman is seated on a table at center and is wearing a traditional Mexican dress. She has a basket over her shoulder and is peddling flowers and Camel cigarettes. A candle holder sits on the table at left. In the background, an adobe wall can be seen, while the roof of a building is visible further in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
13 x 10 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m22470 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-49216
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22470
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-49216.jpg
Subject
Stores, Retail
Commercial sites
Place
California
Los Angeles
Olvera Street
USA
Source
49216 [Accession number]
CHS-49216 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: STRT-90 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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