Old Chinatown, Los Angeles
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Old Chinatown, or original Chinatown, is a former Chinese-American ethnic enclave enforced by legal segregation that existed near downtown Los Angeles, California in the United States from the 1860s u
Photo postcard dated between 1898 and 1905: "A street in Chinatown"
Chinese Quarter, ca. 1885, by Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria
”The Chinese dragon in the Chinese quarter of Los Angeles,” photo published 1900
Crowd gathers in Old Chinatown after a police raid on gambling dens, 1938.
Chinatown, Los Angeles
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Chinatown is a neighborhood north of downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938. The area includes restaura
Old Chinatown, Los Angeles
…proposal was put into place, situating a new Chinatown in its present location. Longshaw Co. postcard celebrating the "enchanting Chinese settlement" of New Chinatown In the late 1950s the covenants on the use and ownership of property were removed, allowing Chinese Americans to live in other neighborhoods and gain…
Chinatown Gateway Monument, marking the entrance to Los Angeles' Chinatown
The dragon mural painted by Tyrus Wong and restored by Fu Ding Cheng (1984)
New Chinatown main plaza - Dec 2011
Wishing Well, 2001