Moving Image / Hong gate and office building, Chinatown
Get Citation
We recommend you include the following information in your citation. Look below the item for additional data you may want to include.
Contact Owning Institution
All fields are required.
Item information. View source record on contributor's website.
- Title
- Hong gate and office building, Chinatown
- Creator
- Hong, You Chung, 1898-1977
- Date Created and/or Issued
- 1942
- Contributing Institution
-
Huntington Library
- Collection
-
California Revealed from Huntington Library
- Rights Information
-
Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. This work is accessible for purposes of education and research. Transmission or reproduction of works protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. The Huntington Library attempted to find rights owners without success but is eager to hear from them so that we may obtain permission, if needed. Upon request to reference@huntington.org, digitized works can be removed from public view if there are rights issues that need to be resolved.
- Description
- This film was created by Y. C. Hong or a member of his family. Known as the first Chinese person to pass the California Bar Exam in 1923, You Chung (Y. C.) Hong (1898 – 1977) was a successful immigration lawyer, tireless champion of Chinese American rights, founding member of the Los Angeles New Chinatown, and served as grand president of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance and chairman of the Chinese Times Publishing Company.
- Type
- moving image
- Format
- Original
Silent
Color
16mm film
- Extent
- 1 Reel of 1
00:03:09
- Identifier
- mssHong MP 031
csmha_000059
- Subject
- Chinese Americans
Immigration lawyers
- Place
- Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Provenance
- The Huntington Library
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
About the collections in Calisphere
Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.
Copyright, permissions, and use
If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.
Share your story
Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.