Image / Chinese New Year sign, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Chinese New Year sign, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa January 24, 1936]
1936-01-24
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
This photograph appears with the article, "Drive Away Evil Spirits: Chinatown Begins Frolic of New Year Observance," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 1936: A3.
Paper sign written in Chinese calligraphy that can be Romanized to Kung Hei Fat Choi, or translated to Happy New Year, in English. "Top" and "Bottom" written in English on the sign.
Handwritten on negative: Chinese New Year sign. [possible date underneath that, illegible]
Text from negative sleeve: 3416. Chinese New Years sign. [stamped:] Jan 29 1936.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12401
ark:/21198/zz002h8fkz
Language: Chinese
English
Subject: Chinese New Year--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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