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Photograph of Narumiya Clock Shop in Los Angeles

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Description: A photograph of the interior of Narumiya Clock Shop in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, taken in May 1914. The print is on a card mount, which has the photographer's imprint: Fuji, 120 N. San Pedro St., Los Angeles. The image includes glass display cases filled with clocks and watches; three large clocks hanging on the wall; two large safes behind the counter; and a small sign that says Narumiya Co. On the back of the photograph, the shop name, its address, and the date are written in Japanese.
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Production date: 1914.
Call number: photPF 26034
Creator: Fuji Studio (Los Angeles, Calif.)(Opens in new tab)
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Photograph of the Lung Kong Tin Yee Association Los Angeles building

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Black-and-white photograph of the grand opening of the new Lung Kong Tin Yee Association building in Los Angeles, California, located at 989 North Broadway in Chinatown. The image was captured on July 10, 1949 and depicts a large group of people standing in front of the new building decorated with bunting and a celebratory banner that reads, "Grand ceremony to unveil the new building of the Lung Kong Tin Yee Association Los Angeles office" in Chinese. The photographer's name, James W. Ginn, as well as the date are printed along the bottom of the photograph.

photPF 26052

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photPF 26024

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"The Los Angeles Times, Labor, and the Open Shop, 1980 - 1910," Jerome Wolf

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1 item: Small copy of "The Los Angeles Times, Labor, and the Open Shop, 1980 - 1910" by Jerome Wolf, A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School, University of Southern California, In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts (History).

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Liquor shop, Jonathan Club, 545 South Figueroa, Los Angeles. 1937

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photCL Whitt 1469 ; Whitt neg. 1576

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