Image / China City, Los Angeles. 1940

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Title: China City, Los Angeles. 1940
Creator: Dick Whittington Studio
Date Created and/or Issued: 1940
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: An alley in Los Angeles's China City. Two old men are standing outside of shops on either side of the alley, and a boy is pulling a rickshaw in which a girl with a paper umbrella is sitting. A line of lanterns are suspended between the buildings.
China City was known for its small alleys and kitschy tourist attractions.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 1 negative. 8 x 10 in (20 x 25 cm)
Identifier: photCL Whitt 1012
181316
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/3883
Subject: Rickshaws--California--Los Angeles. (lctgm)
Chinese Americans--California
Negatives. (aat)
Prints (visual works) (aat)
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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