Old Chinatown, Los Angeles
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Old Chinatown, or original Chinatown, is a retronym that refers to the location of a former Chinese-American ethnic enclave enforced by legal segregation that existed near downtown Los Angeles, California in the United States from the 1860s until the 1930s. Old Chinatown included the former Calle de los Negros and extended east across Alameda Street to Apablasa, Benjamin, Jeannete, Juan, Marchessault, and Macy Streets. This Chinatown was at its commercial and communal peak between 1890 and 1910.
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.
Union Station (Los Angeles)
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Los Angeles Union Station is the main train station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest passenger rail terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, replacing La Grande Station and Central Station.
The main building with tracks in the background
Pre-unification passenger railway stations of Los Angeles, c. 1920 (clockwise from top left): Pacific Electric Building (Pacific Electric), Central Station (Southern Pacific), Salt Lake Station, La Grande Station (Santa Fe)
Santa Fe's combined Super Chief/El Capitan at the station in 1966
The waiting room