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Title
Exterior view of the Man Jen Low Café in Los Angeles's Chinatown
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Man Jen Low Café in Los Angeles's Chinatown, [s.d.]. The three-story brick building can be seen at center. A covered porch can be seen on the first floor, while covered balconies are visible on the second and third floors. The third floor is much narrower than the other stories, and resembles at tower. Large windows can be seen on all three stories, and signs with Chinese characters can be seen over the windows at center. An automobile can be seen parked in the foreground at right. A sign over the door reads: "Chinese dishes a la carte Chop Suey -- Noodles Man Jen Low Café Private Rooms for Ladies".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
17 x 13 cm.
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m21079 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35164
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21079
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35164.jpg
Subject
Chinese Americans
Buildings
Streets
Los Angeles--Chinatown
Place
California
Chinatown
Los Angeles
Marchessault Street
USA
Source
35164 [Accession number]
CHS-35164 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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