Group of "Coolie" laborers waiting for work, China, ca.1900

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Photograph of a group of "Coolie" laborers standing in wait for work, China, ca.1900. Six men are pictured at center, dressed in tunics, chinos and sandals. Behind them, a pile of bamboo poles and metal pipes can be seen. In extreme left foreground, a man's hands can be seen folded behind his back. Farther in the background, the corrugated metal walls of a warehouse can be seen.

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Title Group of "Coolie" laborers waiting for work, China, ca.1900

Subject buildings (lcsh), China (file heading), Chinese (lcsh), Men (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Unskilled labor (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-m30554

Identifier 12237 (accession number), CHS-12237 (call number), unid-93 (call number), CHS-12237 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24777 (legacy record id), chs-m30554 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14111 (legacy record id), 1-222- (microfiche number), USC (project), 93 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24777

Unique identifier UC132067

Legacy Identifier CHS-12237.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.2 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
38.7 cm × 39.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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