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Seven Star Cavern, Wishing Pool, New Chinatown, Los Angeles
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Seven Star Cavern, Wishing Pool, New Chinatown, Los Angeles
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Description
Identifier
post_00068
Title
Seven
Star
Cavern
,
Wishing
Pool
,
New
Chinatown
,
Los
Angeles
Creator
unknown
Date Published
1945
-
1950
Subject (Topic)
Wishing
wells--California--Los
Angeles
;
Outdoor
sculpture--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Name)
Liu
,
Hong
K.
;
Seven
Star
Cavern
;
Subject (Place)
Chinatown
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Seven
Star
Cavern
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
b&w
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Quillen
Language
eng
Description
Looking
down
at
Miniature
Mountain
surrounded
by
pool
of
water
within
rectangular
low
brick
wall
.
Small
hill
has
winding
paths
,
pools
, and
miniature
figurines
.
Historical Background
Located
near
the
West
Gate
on
Gin
Ling
Way
in
New
Chinatown
, the
Wishing
Well
and
Miniature
Mountain
were
created
by
artist
Lim
Hong
Kay
who
modeled
them
after
the
Sacred
Seven
Star
Caverns
in
Canton
,
China
. In the
pool
is
a
miniature
hill
covered
with
small
statues
of the
Chinese
Eight
Immortal
. At the
summit
a
blue
figure
of the
goddess
Quan
Yin
stands
beneath
the
arch
of a
shrine
,
guarded
by
blue
lions
.
Behind
the
well
stands
the
stump
of a
willow
tree
,
which
was
planted
by the
late
Chinese
American
actress
,
Anna
May
Wong
,
whose
name
means
frosted
yellow
willow
.
Publisher's Identifier
Written in lower right corner of image "2929 - C"
Additional Notes
Date
determined
by
photo
paper
;
Real
photo
postcard
printed
on
EKC
paper
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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