California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Interior view of a large room with ornate Chinese chairs along the wall, possibly a Chinese community room, ca.1920-1929

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Interior view of a large room with ornate Chinese chairs along the wall, possibly a Chinese community room, ca.1920-1929

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Photograph of an interior view of a large room with ornate Chinese chairs along the wall, possibly a Chinese community room, ca.1920-1929. A desk or table with ornate paintings on the side can be seen in the left foreground. At least three vases of flowers can be seen on top of the table. Several carved chairs can be seen along the wall at right. Seven scrolls with Chinese characters on them can be seen hanging on the wall above the chairs. A bowl is visible on the ground in front of one of the chairs.

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Title Interior view of a large room with ornate Chinese chairs along the wall, possibly a Chinese community room, ca.1920-1929

Subject buildings (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Chinese Americans (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Chinatown (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Chinatown (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920/1929

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1920/1929

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-m2138

Identifier 41452 (accession number), CHS-41452 (call number), CHS-41452 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3072 (legacy record id), chs-m2138 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-2198 (legacy record id), 84-1-910 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3072

Unique identifier UC120361

Legacy Identifier CHS-41452.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.2 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
48.7 cm × 36.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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