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Title
Small Chinese boy in traditional clothing, ca.1900-1920
Creator
Johnson, G.G
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900/1920
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 a small Chinese boy standing next to a doorframe, wearing trousers and a varigated collar with a patchwork bib, ca.1900-1920. Over the bib he is wearing a long chain with either a watch or a large locket on it. He is wearing high buttoned shoes and bracelets on both wrists. His left hand grasps the edge of a wall or sign on which chinese characters are painted. He is outside.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegative, glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
13 x 10 cm., 22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7984
USC-1-1-1-8116 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1900
CHS-1900f
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7984
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1900.jpg
Subject
Chinese Americans
Minorities--Chinese
Time Period
circa 1900/1920
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-230- [Microfiche number]
1900; 1900f [Accession number]
CHS-1900; CHS-1900f [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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