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Los Angeles Chinatown



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    Scenes in Chinatown, Los Angeles

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    A composite photograph of six street scenes in Old Chinatown in Los Angeles, California, showing Chinese men and women in traditional clothing walking in the street, as well as one image of a man standing amid laundry.

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  • Street in Old Chinatown

    Street in Old Chinatown

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    View of a street in old Chinatown, Los Angeles.

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  • Chinatown, Los Angeles

    Chinatown, Los Angeles

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    Elevated view of one-story and two-story adobe buildings in the Old Chinatown neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles, California, with horse-drawn wagons in the dirt courtyard. Presumably the buildings were located near or in the Calle de los Negros (also known as "Nigger Alley").

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  • "Nigger Alley." North end of Los Angeles Street

    "Nigger Alley." North end of Los Angeles Street

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    Elevated view of the dirt road, horse-drawn wagons, and storefronts along the Calle de los Negros (also known as "Nigger Alley") in Old Chinatown in Los Angeles, California, with a sign for "J. Kennedy" in the shape of a horseshoe at right.

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  • Chinese baby, Old Chinatown, Los Angeles

    Chinese baby, Old Chinatown, Los Angeles

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    Image of a Chinese toddler in Old Chinatown in Los Angeles, California.

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  • North Los Angeles Street, Old Chinatown, Los Angeles

    North Los Angeles Street, Old Chinatown, Los Angeles

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    View of a row of two-story buildings with balconies in the 500 block of North Los Angeles Street in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles, with signs for "Fook Wo Lung Curio Co." and "Chew Fun & Co. Chinese Herbs" visible and an automobile parked at the street curb. The Hop Sing Tong Society headquarters was located at 520 1/2 N. Los Angeles Street. The buildings face the Los Angeles Plaza (not pictured) and the central building (with three dormer windows) was built for Don Vicente Lugo and known as the Lugo Adobe.

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