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Letter from Peter SooHoo to Frank L. Shaw, Mayor of Los Angeles

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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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Date
August 12, 1937
Call number
mssSooHoo
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