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Portrait of a female garment worker holding a spool of thread in a pose for the camera, ca.1940
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Portrait of a female garment worker holding a spool of thread in a pose for the camera, ca.1940
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Description
Photographic portrait of a female garment worker holding a spool of thread in a pose for the camera, ca.1940. A woman with dark curly hair looks to the right while holding a string of thread in her left hand and a spool of thread in her right hand. The woman, who is visible from the waist up, wears a darkly colored top with decorative trimming and two shiny broaches on the front. Her nails are pained and she wears a diamond-like earring in her right ear.
Asset Metadata
Title
Portrait of a female garment worker holding a spool of thread in a pose for the camera, ca.1940
Subject
Clothing and dress
(lcsh),
Clothing factories
(lcsh),
Clothing trade
(lcsh),
Clothing workers
(lcsh),
Factories
(lcsh),
Fashion
(lcsh),
Industry -- Clothing
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1940
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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
1940
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7988
Identifier
40657 (
accession number
), CHS-40657 (
call number
), CHS-40657 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-8218 (
legacy record id
), chs-m7988 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-8120 (
legacy record id
), 84-1-1263 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
8218
Unique identifier
UC124756
Legacy Identifier
CHS-40657.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.6 in × 21.0 in at 300dpi
42.2 cm × 53.5 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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