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Title
View of the entrance to the Kong Chew Chinese Temple with a drugstore in the background, Los Angeles, November 1933
Date Created and/or Issued
1933-11-01
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 view of the entrance to the Kong Chew Chinese Temple with a drugstore in the background, Los Angeles, November 1933. The photograph was taken from a narrow walkway lined with brick walls. An arch-shaped doorway can be seen at center and is flanked by two metal gates. The archway looks out on Ferguson Alley. In the foreground and left, two potted plants are visible. In the background at center, across the alley, the Hung W. O. Hong Chinese Drug Store is visible.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
17 x 13 cm.
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2185
USC-2-1-1-2246 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35177
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2185
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35177.jpg
Subject
Chinese Americans
Religion
Temples
Drugstores
Kong Chew Temple
Hung W. O. Hong Chinese Drug Store
Los Angeles--Chinatown
Buildings
Time Period
1933-11-01
Place
California
Chinatown
Los Angeles
Ferguson Alley
USA
Source
35177 [Accession number]
CHS-35177 [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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