The Chinese Historical Society of America is the oldest and largest archive and history center documenting the Chinese American experience in the United States. It is based in the Chinatown neighborho
Chinatown YWCA building, designed by Julia Morgan
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2001 CHSA Museum, at former Chinatown YWCA branch, 965 Clay Street
Historical exhibit
One Hundred Years: History of the Chinese in America is a 1952 mural painting by James Leong.
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…commissioned for a private dining room in Johnny Kan's eponymous restaurant, which opened in 1959. The museum also has on permanent display the large mural One Hundred Years: History of the Chinese in America by James Leong, commissioned for the Ping Yuen Housing Project in the early 1950s. CHSA Bulletin…
One Hundred Years: History of the Chinese in America, enlargement as a temporary installation at the Chinatown station construction site (2012)