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Colorful Gateway Entrance to New Chinatown, Los Angeles, California
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Identifier
post_00074
Title
Colorful
Gateway
Entrance
to
New
Chinatown
,
Los
Angeles
,
California
Creator
unknown
Date Published
circa
1950
Subject (Topic)
Chinese
Restaurants--California--Los
Angeles
;
Decoration
and
ornament
,
Architectural--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
,
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
Mitock
&
Sons
Place of Publication
Sherman
Oaks
,
Calif
Language
eng
Description
West
Gate
on
Hill
,
looking
east
, from
across
the
street
;
sign
on
gate
reads
:
GinLing
Way
New
Chinatown
;
telephone
booths
inside
gate
on
both
sides
;
gift
shop
and
restaurant
on
either
side
of
gate
;
people
strolling
;
pedestrians
waiting
for
light
to
change
on
Broadway
;
partial
view
of
parked
car
.
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
.
New
Chinatown
was
framed
by
two
gates
, or
pailou
. The
West
Gate
, on
North
Hill
Street
opens
onto
Gin
Ling
Way
and
is
adorned
with a
plaque
commemorating
the
part
played
by the
Chinese
in
building
the
railroads
.
Additional Printed Matter
On back:"Here East Meets West in a colorful setting of picturesque Old World Curio shops and restaurants just minutes away from the Civic Center of Los Angeles."
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: P40492
Additional Notes
The
back
contains
a
drawing
of
Los
Angeles
City
Hall
.
Printed
using
the
Plastichrome
process
by
Colourpicture
,
Boston
,
Mass
Contributors
Distributed
by
Mitock
&
Sons
,
Sherman
Oaks
,
California
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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