Manuscripts

Los Angeles Chinatown oversize material

Description: Right of way plans for property at 900 N. Broadway, a Harry Quillen photograph of the Fong Lun Association grand opening in 1951, Los Angeles Times issues from 1933 and 1971, a button collection, and Chinese artwork.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1933-1971
Call number: mssSoohood
Provenance: Gift of Gregory David SooHoo and Debbie F. Lew SooHoo, July 2021.; Gift of Patricia Ann Lem, September 2022.
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New Chinatown on Broadway - Grand opening

Manuscripts

Image of a band playing in front of the West Gate of New Chinatown during the dedication and grand opening.Printed in the lower corner of the card: New Chinatown on Broadway - / Grand opening. Governor Frank / F. Merriam officiating after / unvailing [unveiling] Plaque on West Gate. Los Angeles / June 25 1938 / 1896-C / Quillen.

mssHong family papers addenda (1)

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Los Angeles Chinatown

Manuscripts

Photographs and photographic postcards of Old Chinatown and New Chinatown, newsletters and photographs of the Chinese Presbyterian Church, and other items related to Los Angeles Chinatown, including newspaper clippings, events programs from the 1920s-1940s, a promotional photograph album from the 1930s, and promotional material from the 1980s.

mssSoohood

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A. Los Angeles (Chinatown)

Visual Materials

The Roger S. Hong Collection spans the years 1936 to 2001 and consists primarily of drawings by Roger Hong, from the 1960s to 2001, but also includes earlier drawings of Los Angeles's New Chinatown (1936 to 1940s) by architects Erle Webster & Adrian Wilson. In the mid-1930s, all of Old Chinatown was torn down to make way for Union Station. Many of the displaced families and businesses went to the nearby 900 block of North Broadway and developed New Chinatown. The drawings by Webster & Wilson show the development of this historic area of Los Angeles through survey records, street plans and drawings for buildings for Y.C. Hong. The collection also includes Roger Hong's proposed revitalization plans for Chinatown, 1979 to 2001. These drawings and Hong's other professional work in this collection are primarily for commercial projects. One exception is the Y.C. Hong residence, a modern home designed while Hong was starting his professional career at Buff & Hensman and Associates, and constructed in 1969. The collection also includes samplings of Hong's professional work done while at various firms and in his capacity as private architectural consultant in the 1990s. Hong's childhood artwork and work done while he was a student at the University of Southern California are also part of the collection, including his Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity scrapbooks, 1960 to 1962.

archHong

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B. Los Angeles (Chinatown), renovations

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archHong

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Photographic postcards of Los Angeles New Chinatown and China City

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A group of 16 photographic postcards of the commercial areas of Los Angeles New Chinatown and China City, taken between approximately 1938 and 1940, shortly after they were built. The postcards were made for commercial sale and most have white lettered titles across the bottom of the photographs. The images focus on Chinese-style architecture featuring a large pagoda, gateway structures, a statue, restaurants, and shops with neon lighting. Several are credited to photographer Harry Quillen.

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Photographic postcards of Los Angeles New Chinatown and China City

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photCL 700

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