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Title
Composite image of Bob Kern's Richelieu Cafe, showing the interior of the restaurant, its owner and the exterior
Creator
Dealy, C. Allen
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 composite image of Bob Kern's Richelieu Cafe, showing the interior of the restaurant, its owner and the exterior, [s.d.]. Kern himself is shown in an inlay in the upper left, wearing a three-piece suit and looking to the left. The corner turret of the restaurant is shown in a diamond inlay at center, while a nondescript scene is visible in the section to the far right. Below, an African-American server is shown standing aside the coffee cart. The bar is visible to the right, and the dining room to the left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m1306
USC-3-1-1-1352 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-12656
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1306
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-12656.jpg
Subject
Interior architecture
Afro-Americans
Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc
Kern, "Bob" Robert
Richelieu Cafe
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Interiors--General
Buildings
Place
201 West 2nd Street
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
12656 [Accession number]
CHS-12656 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009
Provenance
Dick Whittington Photography

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