Barbara Jean Wong and women carrying lanterns

Identifier: SCOH-79-04-20
Title: Barbara Jean Wong and women carrying lanterns
Description: Several rows of women standing in formal dress, holding lanterns. A few of them smile at the camera. The actress Barbara Jean Wong stands in front of the women in a marching costume and holding a baton under her arm. The photograph was taken at night as a part of the Moon Festival put on by United China Relief between August 7-9, 1941.
Extent: 1x1.3
Date: 1941-08-07/1941-08-09
Spatial Coverage: China City (Los Angeles, Calif.); Old Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.); New Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject: Chinese American women; Lanterns; Mid-Autumn Festival; United China Relief (U.S.); Parades & processions; Chinese American actors; Wong, Barbara Jean (Lee)
Source: Peter Soo Hoo Jr. Family Albums of Peter Soo Hoo Sr.; 044 - Peter Soo Hoo
Is Part Of: 044 - Peter Soo Hoo
Publisher: Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
Format: image/jpeg
Type: Image
Medium: Black-and-white photograph
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