Barbara Jean Wong and Mei Wah drum majorette corps
Item
- Identifier
- SCOH-79-04-21
- Title
- Barbara Jean Wong and Mei Wah drum majorette corps
- Description
- The actress Barbara Jean Wong stand in front of the drum majorette corps at the Moon Festival put on by United China Relief in 1941. Wong is wearing a marching costume and holding a baton under her arm. She poses and smiles at the camera. The women in the drum majorette corps wear matching uniforms and face the camera. They are wearing their drums and holding drumsticks. Two of the women in the corps are holding flags. The photograph was taken at night and there are spectators visible on each side of the image.
- Extent
- 3.5x5
- Spatial Coverage
- Old Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- China City (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- New Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Subject
- Drum majorettes
- Drums (Musical instruments)
- Parades & processions
- Chinese American women
- Flags
- Chinese American actors
- Mid-Autumn Festival
- United China Relief (U.S.)
- Spectators
- Wong, Barbara Jean (Lee)
- 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.
