Los Angeles Chinatown, California
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Identifier |
post_00085 |
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Title |
Los Angeles Chinatown, California |
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Creator |
unknown |
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Date Published |
circa 1953 |
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Subject (Topic) |
Chinese Restaurants--California--Los Angeles; Decoration and ornament, Architectural--California--Los Angeles; Gift shops--California--Los Angeles; |
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Subject (Place) |
Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.); |
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Type |
image |
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Form/Genre |
Postcards |
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Physical Description |
1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm. |
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Institution |
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University |
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Country of Creation |
US |
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Copyright Status |
public domain |
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Copyright Statement |
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/ |
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Publisher |
A Mike Roberts Color Production |
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Place of Publication |
Berkeley, California |
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Language |
eng |
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Description |
Looking west from Central Plaza onto Gin Ling Way leading to West Gate and Hill Street; car is parked alongside Tuey Far Low restuarant, near Chop Suey sign; trees; people; benches. |
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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. 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. |
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Additional Printed Matter |
On back:"A visit to Los Angeles is not complete wihtout a visit to Chinatown - a colorful oriental touch to a charming city." |
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Publisher's Identifier |
Publisher's serial number: C1113 |
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Additional Notes |
Approximate date from postmark. |
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Contributors |
Distributed by The George H. Eberhard Company, Los Angeles |
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Source |
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection |
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