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Title
Two women folding garments in a Los Angeles clothing factory, ca.1928
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1928
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 two women folding garments in a Los Angeles clothing factory, ca.1928. The tow women are at center and are folding clothes on a long table behind them while looking at the viewer. The women are both wearing dresses and have dark hair. There are several large stacks of garments visible, both on the table at right and on shelves at left. Boxes are stacked under the table. There are windows visible high on the wall in the background. Picture file card reads "Original print from 'Chateau Art Studio, LA".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7940
USC-2-1-1-8069 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-15013
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7940
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-15013.jpg
Subject
Clothing and dress
Fashion
Clothing trade
Clothing workers
Clothing factories
Factories
Industry--Clothing
Industrial sites
Time Period
circa 1928
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
15013 [Accession number]
84-1-1270 [Microfiche number]
CHS-15013 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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