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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Scale and balance maker in his shop in China, ca.1900
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Scale and balance maker in his shop in China, ca.1900

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Description
Photograph of a scale and balance maker in his shop in China, ca.1900. A man in a long-sleeved shirt stands behind a counter at center, testing a long, pointed pole with his index finger. Balances hang in the background, just above a second man whose back is turned to the camera. Announcements in Chinese are pasted to the front of the counter. 
Asset Metadata
Title Scale and balance maker in his shop in China, ca.1900 
Subject Balances (Weighing instruments)  (lcsh), China  (file heading), Chinese  (lcsh), commercial sites  (adlf), Men  (lcsh), Scales (Weighing instruments)  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place China (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1900 
Type images
Format 2 photographs : negative, photographic print, b&w ; 9 x 10 cm., 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat) 
Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection) 
Date Created 1900 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library. 
Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library. 
Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given 
Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30562
Identifier 12245 (accession number), CHS-12245 (call number), unid-115 (call number), CHS-12245 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24795 (legacy record id), chs-m30562 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14111 (legacy record id), 1-222- (microfiche number), USC (project), 115 (unidentified no.) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 24795 
Unique identifier UC131919 
Legacy Identifier CHS-12245.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 18.0 in × 16.8 in at 300dpi
45.7 cm × 42.7 cm at 300dpi 
Inherited Values
Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960 
Date Created 1860/1960