Exterior view of the Chee Kung Tong Company building in Chinatown, 1939

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Title Exterior view of the Chee Kung Tong Company building in Chinatown, 1939

Description Photograph of an exterior view of the Chee Kung Tong Company building in China Town, 1939. The two-story brick building is at center. The first floor has large glass windows across the entire building, and several sets of doors lead into the shops. Four chairs can be seen in front of the building, and a man is reading a newspaper in one of them. On the second floor of the buildings, two small balconies are visible. The balcony at left is covered by a striped awning. The number "1900" appears near the roof of the building at left, while the words "Chee Kung Tong Co." are at right.

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1939

Subject buildings (adlf), Chee Kung Tong Company (subject), Chinese Americans (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Chinatown (file heading), Retail trade (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1939

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2161

Identifier 32981 (accession number), CHS-32981 (call number), CHS-32981 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3094 (legacy record id), chs-m2161 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2221 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3094

Unique identifier UC120002

Legacy Identifier CHS-32981.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.0 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
48.2 cm × 36.2 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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