Album of photographs, several by the Los Angeles photographer Charles Pierce, of the Chinatown that was torn down in the 1930s to make way for Union Station. Photographs depict parades, businesses, buildings and street scenes. There are images of the SooHoo family home and the business.
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Place
Old Chinatown, Los Angeles
Source
Peter SooHoo, Sr. papers, 1883-2007 (bulk 1923-1945). 10 Album 1, "Old Photographs of Chinatown," 1889-1904 Pacific Rim, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Gift of SooHoo Family Trust, January 2019 and April 2019.
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