- Title
- Dragon Road Gateway, China City, Los Angeles
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- Description
- Walled gateway with arch leading to narrow winding street lined with shops; American flag and Chinese flag hang above entry; gateway signage reads:"Dragon Road" scroll art decorates both sides of arch; garden area next to gateway signage reads:"Welcome, More of China City in that direction" with arrow pointing left; in background is Bamboo Inn restaurant.
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- Format Extent
- 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
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- Subject
- Chinese Restaurants--California--Los Angeles; Decoration and ornament, Architectural--California--Los Angeles;
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- Note
- When the original Chinatown was demolished to make way for Union Terminal, two projects replaced it. One, China City, was the brainchild of Christine Sterling, founder of Olvera Street. She promoted the recreation of an old-style walled Chinese street that would help relocate displaced Chinese shops while serving as an exotic tourist destination, complete with rickshaw rides. Filmmaker Cecil B. De Mille donated settings, costumes, and property from the 1937 film, The Good Earth. Bounded by Ord, N. Spring, Macy, and North Main, China City opened in June, 1938. Much of the original was destroyed by fire. Together with New Chinatown, the China City area ultimately became part of the larger neighborhood of Chinatown.
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- Collection
- Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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- Type
- ["Postcards"]
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- Geographic Location
- Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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