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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
A two page letter, possibly a draft, from Peter SooHoo to Frank L. Shaw, Mayor of Los Angeles, reviewing the many plans developed and cast aside for the development of a new Chinatown to replace Old Chinatown being torn down.
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A four page letter from Peter SooHoo to Frank L. Shaw, Mayor of Los Angeles, reviewing the many plans developed and cast aside for the development of a new Chinatown to replace the Old Chinatown being torn down. SooHoo discusses the roadblocks, the pitfalls of these plans, and the determination of the Chinese-American community to succeed in building their own Chinatown.
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Telegram from Joseph Shaw to Peter SooHoo sending his regrets at not being able to attend luncheon an opening of New Chinatown.
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Letter from Jack Gault, Display Advertising Department, Los Angeles Examiner, to Peter SooHoo, New Chinatown Association, breaking down commitments and fees paid for the page ad in the Examiner to be published on Saturday June 25th, 1938.
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Letter from Peter SooHoo to Lieutenant Joseph Shaw, City Hall, Los Angeles, inviting him to the formal opening and luncheon on June 25th, 1938.
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Invitation to a dinner at Man Jen Low Cafe in New Chinatown on October 11, 1939 from Peter SooHoo to Mayor Fletcher Bowron.
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