California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Counter inside the Kong Chew Temple, Chinatown, November 1933

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Counter inside the Kong Chew Temple, Chinatown, November 1933

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Photograph of a counter inside the Kong Chew Temple, Chinatown, November 1933. The counter can be seen in the foreground at left. It has a glass front, behind which carvings of people and animals are visible. Several large vases full of flowers can be seen on top of the counter. A glass box is also visible atop the counter, showing decorative vases and flowers within. A row of carved wooden chairs can be seen against the brick wall at right, and posters bearing Chinese characters can be seen on the walls above the chairs.; Two signs are visible, one on the counter at left and one above the chairs at right. They read as follows: "Notice: Kindly drop a donation in red box so we can keep our interpreter" and "The management wish to express its heartfelt appreciation of your visit. Your kind donations will help the upkeep of this temple".

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Title Counter inside the Kong Chew Temple, Chinatown, November 1933

Subject Chinese Americans (lcsh), Kong Chew Temple (subject), Los Angeles City -- Chinatown (file heading), Religion (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), Temples (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1933-11-01

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 1933-11-01

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-m2188

Identifier 35180 (accession number), CHS-35180 (call number), CHS-35180 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3121 (legacy record id), chs-m2188 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-2249 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3121

Unique identifier UC120465

Legacy Identifier CHS-35180.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.0 in × 12.7 in at 300dpi
45.9 cm × 32.3 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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