Image / Old Chinatown billboard, Los Angeles (Calif.)

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Title: Old Chinatown billboard, Los Angeles (Calif.)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1938
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: The decision by the City of Los Angeles to build Union Station in Old Chinatown forced Chinese Americans to relocate north and west of the original Chinatown to New Chinatown, located between Spring and Main Streets near downtown Los Angeles.
A billboard announces the revival of Old Chinatown in Los Angeles, California.
Type: Image
Identifier: uclamss_1387_b11_17923
ark:/13030/hb867nb5nt
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Business
Urban renewal
Economy
Chinese American neighborhoods--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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