Chinatown, San Francisco, California, the Five Idols in the Holy of Holies in the Temple of Lung Gong

Chinatown, San Francisco, California, the Five Idols in the Holy of Holies in the Temple of Lung Gong

Photograph

Isaiah West Taber

Maker
American, 1830–1912

Chinatown, San Francisco, California, the Five Idols in the Holy of Holies in the Temple of Lung Gong

1887
Albumen silver print
Image: 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (19.1 × 24.7 cm)
Mount: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1981.2266.0004
Inscriptions Printed in image, B: B 2690 Chinatown, S.F. Cal. The Five Idols in the Holy of Holies in the Joss Temple of Lung Gong. Copyright 1887 by I.W. Taber, Pho. San Francisco.
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