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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a small statue inside the Kong Chew Chinese Temple in Los Angeles' Chinatown, November 1933. The metallic statue can be seen at center. It has a rectangular base with two dragons on the sides and a tall tower at center. Several small men and horsemen can be seen on the statue. A light-colored ribbon goes from the top of the tower to the ends of the dragons at right and left. In the background, Chinese characters can be seen along the walls.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 13 x 17 cm. transparencies photographs
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