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Title:
modern gentlewoman holds a peacock fan at the Great China Theatre /
Digital Archive of Chinese Theater in California
Description:
The actress is wearing a newly designed costume for a modern gentlewoman. Such a character had never performed in a Chinese
Cantonese opera till the 1920s so this costume was especially designed for her. ---Pear garden in the West.
Creator/Contributor:
May's Photo (Firm : San Francisco, Calif.)
Date:
[between 1920 and 1929] (issued)
Contributing Institution:
Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library
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