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Description
Identifier
post_00076
Title
Chinatown
,
Los
Angeles
,
Calif
.
Creator
unknown
Date Published
circa
1940
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/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Tichnor
Art
Company
Place of Publication
L.A
.
[Los
Angeles]
Language
eng
Description
Corner
of
Gin
Ling
Way
and
Sun
Mun
Way
leading
out
toward
West
Gate
on
Hill
St
;
Tuey
Far
Low
Restaurant
,
front
sign
reads:"Chop
Suey
,
Chinese
Dishes
,
Tuey
Far
Low
" and
sign
above
octagonal
window
reads:Cocktails
"
large
red
and
yellow
"
Chop
Suey
"
sign
on
corner
;
along
right
side
of
street
are "
GunLing
Gifts
" and "
Forbidden
Palace
"
restaurant
;
people
strolling
and
sitting
on
benches
;
awning
next
to
GunLing
Gifts
reads:Chinaware
"
bench
in
foreground
reads:"Myers
Bros.
"
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
.
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
.
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
.
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: 70195; Series number: T575
Additional Notes
Printed
on
linen
textured
paper
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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