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Kaz Hirata standing outside his gas station with "No Gas" signs written in English and Chinese in Los Angeles' Chinatown, Calif., 1974

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Title: Kaz Hirata standing outside his gas station with "No Gas" signs written in English and Chinese in Los Angeles' Chinatown, Calif., 1974
Contributor: Gaunt, Jack
Date Created and/or Issued: February 16, 1974
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4026
Description: IN TWO LANGUAGES--Kaz Hirata, operator of a service station in Los Angeles' Chinatown, makes it doubly clear he is out of gas. The sign in Chinese at left gives same message as one at right.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b715_274714-78
ark:/21198/zz0002p67n
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Business
Multilingualism--California--Los Angeles County
Economy
Gasoline supply--California--Los Angeles County
Service stations--California--Los Angeles County
Energy Crisis, 1973-1974--United States
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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