Performance, Moon Festival
Item
- Identifier
- SCOH-79-04-19
- Title
- Performance, Moon Festival
- Description
- Women in costume act out a performance for the Moon Festival, put on by United China Relief between August 7-9, 1941. Several of the women stand along the back of the stage, facing the audience. Three women on the right side of the image bow towards each other. One woman with a large headpiece on stands near the front of the stage, facing the audience. The spectators are visible at the bottom of the image. There is a large banner with stars and two Republic of China flags behind the performers on the stage. On the left side of the stage there is a vase with flowers in it.
- Extent
- 3.5x5
- Spatial Coverage
- Old Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- China City (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- New Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Subject
- Chinese American women
- Performing arts
- Spectators
- Mid-Autumn Festival
- United China Relief (U.S.)
- Flags
- Is Part Of
- 044 - Peter Soo Hoo
- Publisher
- Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
- Format
- image/jpeg
- Type
- Image
- Medium
- Black-and-white photograph
- Rights
- Images are for personal research, scholarly and educational purposes. Contact the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California for information about the reproduction of images.
