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Title: Buddha wishing well in New Chinatown
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator: Quillen, Harry
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Seen here is the Seated Buddha wishing well, located near the entrance of the Chinatown plaza. The sign reads "Your wish is a prayer with Buddha." The Rice Bowl restaurant and Kim Ling Inn can be seen in the distance.
Type: image
Format: 1 negative :safety ;10 x 13 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier: 00103255
Harry Quillen Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
HQ-B383.6
CARL0005227421
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/120621
Subject: Gautama Buddha--Statues
Seated Buddha (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Rice Bowl (Restaurant : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Kim Ling Inn (Restaurant : Chinatown, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Wishing wells--California--Los Angeles
Statues--California--Los Angeles
Chinese restaurants--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles)
Restaurants--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles)
Architecture--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles)--Chinese influences
Signs and signboards--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles)
Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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