China Employment Agency
date: label: date made
content: before 1950
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: gelatin silver print; image shows the window of a storefront with "China Employment Agency" in English and possibly Mandarin (Hanzi) as well as "Chew Realty" in English with hanzi characters underneath and "Real Estate/Business Opportunities/Insurance/Licensed Brokers" printed underneath; man is standing with back to photographer wearing a fedora and an overcoat looking at clipboard with various pieces of paper pinned to board; papers pinned to board contain both hanzi and pinyin or possibly English translations; underneath sign for Chew Realty is a board containing photographs of buildings; photograph by Arthur Tress
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Chinese Americans
label: Subject
content: Employment
label: Subject
content: Real Estate
label: Subject
content: Men
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Advertising
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0220.0002
label: accession number
content: 2019.0220
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0220.0002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gelatin silver print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.5 cm x 20 cm; 8 1/16 in x 7 7/8 in