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Identifier	post_00088
Title	Chinatown, Los Angeles, California
Creator	unknown
Date Published	circa 1960
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, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Publisher	Mitlock & Sons
Place of Publication	Sherman Oaks, Calif
Language	eng
Description	From Central Plaza looking east onto Broadway through East Gate; restaurant Li-Po at corner left; benches, trees, telephone booths; automobiles parked on street and in parking lot across the street; people strolling and sitting.
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 is framed by two gates, or pailou. East Gate, or the Broadway Gate, was designed by You Chung Hong. A poem composed by Chinese Consul, Honorable T.K. Chang, and placed by Attorney Hong as a tribute to his own and all mothers adorns the gate, which is thus also known as the Gate of Maternal Virtues. New Chinatown is now known as Old Chinatown Plaza.
Additional Printed Matter	On back:"Colorful forecourt just a few steps off a busy Los Angeles street near the Civic Center. Here the visitor enters a whole new world of colorful Oriental splendor."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: P40494
Additional Notes	The back contains a b&w drawing of Los Angeles City Hall. Printed using the Plastichrome process by Colourpicture, Boston, Mass
Contributors	Distributed by Mitock & Sons, Sherman Oaks, California
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection