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Wishing Well, Sacred Seven Star Cavern, built by Professor Henry K. Liu, Chinatown on Broadway, Los Angeles
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Description
Identifier
post_00069
Title
Wishing
Well
,
Sacred
Seven
Star
Cavern
,
built
by
Professor
Henry
K
.
Liu
,
Chinatown
on
Broadway
,
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.)
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
Within
a
low
brick
wall
lies
a
pool
of
water
surrounded
by a
small
hill
constructed
of
foliage
and
moss
.
Scattered
bridges
,
pools
and
statues
decorate
winding
paths
which
lead
to a
summit
; a
sign
close
to
top
reads:"Wishing
Well
"
other
signs
read:"Success
,
lucky
;
always
happy
"
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 left corner of image "1899-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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