California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Large crowd gathered around a Chinese dragon costume in a demonstration on the streets of Chinatown, ca.1920-1929

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Large crowd gathered around a Chinese dragon costume in a demonstration on the streets of Chinatown, ca.1920-1929

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Photograph of a large crowd gathered around a Chinese dragon costume in a demonstration on the streets of Chinatown, ca.1920-1929. A man wearing a dragon's-head costume stands atop three wooden tables, supported by several men in light-colored clothes. The crowd forms a ring around the display, while automobiles cross the foreground and more people watch from a balcony at left. A line of shops is visible in the background, including the "Eastern Grocery Co.", and "F. See on Go".

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Title Large crowd gathered around a Chinese dragon costume in a demonstration on the streets of Chinatown, ca.1920-1929

Subject Chinese Americans (lcsh), Chinese New Year (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Chinatown (file heading), roadways (adlf)

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 ; 20 x 25 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-m2144

Identifier 36033 (accession number), CHS-36033 (call number), CHS-36033 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3078 (legacy record id), chs-m2144 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-2204 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3078

Unique identifier UC120504

Legacy Identifier CHS-36033.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.4 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
41.8 cm × 33.6 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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