- Title
- Lily Pond and Gin Ling Way, New Chinatown, Los Angeles, California
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- Description
- Lily pond with fountain surrounded by foliage; statue of Buddha holds a plaque that reads:"Your wish is a Prayer with Buddha" decorative fence surrounds pond; bench; automobiles in background; brick walls; front lower left shows copyright symbol, 1952 S.I. Co., L.A.
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- Format Extent
- 1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
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- Subject
- Wishing wells--California--Los Angeles;
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- Note
- 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.
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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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Lily Pond and Gin Ling Way, New Chinatown, Los Angeles, California
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