Chinatown Idols in 1887
Chinatown, S.F. Cal. The Five Idols in the Holy of Holies in the Joss Temple of Lung Gong (B 2699)
Publication: San Francisco: I. W. Taber Pho. [Photographer], 1887.
Notes: An unmounted imperial cabinet card-sized albumen silver print of five idols in a Chinatown temple. Most likely, this is the temple at 9 Brooklyn Place, off of Sacrament Street, where the Lung Gong Association (Longgang gongsuo; now the Lung Kong Tin Yee Association) had its headquarters in the late 1880s. This image is dated (1887) in the negative, an unusual feature of Taber photographs from this period.
9-3/8 by 7-1/4 inches. Captioned in the negative in a narrow strip along the bottom of the image.
Edition + Condition: A fine image, a bit faded around the edges, but with excellent focus and contrast. Never mounted.
Item No: #364053
Price: $600