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Title: Opening day of New Chinatown in Los Angeles
Date Created and/or Issued: 1938
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Pacific Rim
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Description: Band members playing instruments at an opening ceremony for the New Chinatown in Los Angeles. In the background are onlookers.
The Old Chinatown in Los Angeles was demolished in 1933 to make way for Union Station. The New Chinatown in Los Angeles was completed in 1938 and was the first planned Chinatown in North America.
Hong family papers. The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 black and white print; 8 x 10 in.
Identifier: mssHong Family papers
398520
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll12/id/10
Subject: Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source: Hong family papers, 1764-2006 (bulk 1906-2006).
You Chung Hong
Business files
Y12, Leases (continued)-Programs
22, Photos -- Opening ceremony of Los Angeles New Chinatown 1930s circa, Item 1
Pacific Rim, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Gift of Roger S. Hong, June 2006.

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