Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Includes Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; Mei Wah Girls Drum Corps; Chinese Moon Festival; Glee club; and Chinatown and New Chinatown.
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Manuscripts
Image of a parade and crowds on either side. At the head of the parade are two flag bearers, one with flag of the United States, the other with the flag of the Republic of China. There is also a standard bearer, the standard reading "Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association".
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Visual Materials
View of a line of men carrying a Chinese Dragon during the La Fiesta parade on South Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, California, with the storefront of the Ville de Paris (221 South Broadway) behind a crowd of spectators.
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A view of a very long line of men carrying a Chinese Dragon for the Los Angeles Fiesta.
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Boxes 10 and 11 contain 41 photographs of parade activities. Images include people in traditional costumes, dancers, banners, the dragon dance performance, and crowds of onlookers. Some businesses in Old Chinatown are seen in the backgrounds. Twelve plates are marked: Yee Photo, L.A., Cal., and one is dated 1902.
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Nine photographic postcards documenting the Chinese community's Feast of the Dead festival in Los Angeles' Old Chinatown, October, 1902. The religious celebration invoked Taoist rituals to honor the dead, and was popularly called the Feast of the Dead, though other translations may be Ta Chiu festival or Dajiao festival. The event took place every three years in Los Angeles' Chinatown, and lasted several days. The images depict Chinese participants in traditional and festive dress; children in decorated carts; men carrying puppets or effigies; and a procession carrying a long paper dragon. Crowds are seen gathered around the Los Angeles Plaza area, and one image shows a group carrying Chinese banners and the American flag.
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