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Identifier	post_00103
Title	New Chinatown, Los Angeles, California
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1960
Subject (Topic)	Chinese Restaurants--California--Los Angeles; Decoration and ornament, Architectural--California--Los Angeles; Gift shops--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Place)	Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Publisher	Columbia Wholesale Supply
Place of Publication	Hollywood, Calif.
Language	eng
Description	Shops and restaurants along north side of the Central Plaza, including Sincere Imports; benches; tree with bare branches; banners with Chinese characters.
Historical Background	The original Los Angeles Chinatown began in the late 1800s as a small settlement on Calle De Los Negros, between El Pueblo Plaza and Old Arcadia Street, and expanded east across Alameda Street. Suffering from absentee landlords and a lack of municipal services and code enforcement, the area was in decline when the city forced residents out and demolished it to make way for the new Union Station Terminal. Two new Chinatowns were created: China City, a tourist attraction, complete with rickshaw rides, brainchild of Christine Sterling, founder of Olvera Street; and New Chinatown, a business and residential neighborhood created and funded by the Chinese community under the leadership of Peter Soo Hoo. Both opened to great fanfare in 1938. Founded by Fong Kim Chin, Sincere Imports is among the earliest Chinatown businesses and is located at 483 Gin Ling Way.
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 40405; Series number: H-2791
Contributors	Wong, Joe
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection

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