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Lights of the East, Chinatown on Broadway, Los Angeles
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Lights of the East, Chinatown on Broadway, Los Angeles
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Description
Identifier
post_00099
Title
Lights
of the
East
,
Chinatown
on
Broadway
,
Los
Angeles
Creator
unknown
Date Published
circa
1945
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
:
b&w
;
14
x
9
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
Quillen
Language
eng
Description
Front
entry
of
Kim
Ling
Inn
restaurant
at
night
;
neon
signs
and
illuminated
two-tiered
pagoda
;
banners
on
windows
to
right
and
left
of
open
door
read
:
Grand
Open
Kim
Ling
Inn
;
signs
above
windows
read
"
Chinese
Food
" and "
Family
Style
"
potted
plants
decorate
doorway
;
shelves
and
wall
clock
can
be
seen
through
open
front
door
;
menus
are
posted
on
either
side
of
door
.
Historical Background
Kim
Ling
Inn
was
owned
by
Wilbur
Quon
who
also
owned
the
New
Temple
Meat
Company
. In
March
1942
, the
L.A
.
League
of
Women
Voters
met
in the
restaurant
to
hear
Chinese
Consul
Dr
.
T.K
.
Chang
,
speak
on "
China
Today.
" The
China
Society
of
Southern
California
met
there in
June
of
1943
to
hear
eyewitness
accounts
of the
Japanese
invasion
of
China
from
two
exchange
prisoners
.
Publisher's Identifier
Written lower center of image:"2473"
Additional Notes
Real
photo
postcard
printed
on
EKC
paper
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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