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Cemetary with Chinese plaques

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Order Number	00073423
Title	Cemetary with Chinese plaques
Photographer	Quillen, Harry.
Collection ID	Harry Quillen Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	A-010-402 4x5; Rites and ceremonies-Funerals.
Date	1941
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Floral wreaths stand amidst grave markers written in Chinese for the Quon & Lim funeral. Flowers and a white ribbon and bow decorate the portrait of the deceased, a white-haired man dressed in a tunic. The plaques in front of the portrait read, R to L, Huang Chuanchang and Zhang Longyu, both from Taishan Xian, Guangdong Sheng, China. The plaques are read vertically. The first column names the county that the deceased was from; the second gives the deceased's name; the third lists the district in the county that the deceased was from. Photo dated: Sep. 10, 1941.
Subject	Sepulchral monuments--California--Los Angeles. Floral decorations. Wreaths. Death--Symbolic aspects. Cemeteries--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles). Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.). Zhang, Longyu. Huang, Chuanchang.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection