Identifier	post_00075
Title	Picturesque Chinatown, Los Angeles
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1971
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, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher	Mitock & Sons
Place of Publication	North Hollywood, Calif.
Language	eng
Description	Corner of Central Plaza with focus on restaurant Tuey Far Low; next door is Hop Sing Tong with address number 425; gift shop; benches in center of Plaza.
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. Central Plaza is also known as Peter Soo Hoo Plaza. Tuey Far Low, first located in old Chinatown on Alameda and Marchessault, was the site of a fundraising banquet in the early 1900s in support of Sun Yat-Sen's fight for a Chinese republic. On April 22nd, 1937, Peter Soo Hoo, Herbert Lapham and others met there to form a corporation to build New Chinatown. Tuey Far Low reopened on Sun Mun Way in the Central Plaza in 1938.
Additional Printed Matter	On back:"One of the cities most popular and picturesque attractions -- offers old world atmosphere and many fine restaurants."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: P57720
Additional Notes	Printed using the Plastichrome process by Colourpicture, Boston, Mass. Approximate date from postmark.
Contributors	Distributed by Mitock & Sons, North Hollywood, California
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection