Visual Materials
Photographs of the Feast of the Dead festival in Los Angeles' Chinatown, 1902 October
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Los Angeles
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Photographs of Chinatown in Los Angeles (Items 58-132) depict parades and festivities including the first Fiesta de Los Angeles (1894) and the Feast of the Dead in Los Angeles (1902); street scenes including views of people and of businesses, such as the the Los Angeles Hay Market (Items 83-84); a glimpse of the Water Department on Marchessault Street (Item 86); the Mon Chong and Company storefront on Apablasa Street, one with Percival's mother in front (Items 102-103); the Guan Sun Company and Chop Suey Café; views of a parade and of Marchessault Street dated 1929 (Items 123-128); and photographs depicting Chinese graves and a Chinese tomb in the Evergreen Cemetery (Items 129-133).
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Paper dragon carried by Los Angeles Chinatown citizens in parade, 1901
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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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Los Angeles Flower Festival Society records
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This collection contains records of the Flower Festival Society, a women's association in Los Angeles, California, dating from 1885 to 1891. The records include correspondence, festival and fair programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, a notebook, a list of donations, and other documents about the Flower Festival Society. The records provide a unique perspective to view California women's history and leisure activities at the end of the nineteenth century. In addition, newspaper clippings about the Chrysanthemum Fair include some women's favorable perceptions of Japanese and Chinese art and culture. Subjects in the records include Arrowhead Springs (Calif.), Chinese Art objects, Chinese culture and civilization, Chrysanthemums – China, Chrysanthemums – Japan, Japanese Art objects, Los Angeles times, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, and the YMCA of the USA.
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The New Los Angeles Chinatown
Manuscripts
Three typed pages, possibly a press release, describing New Chinatown, the location, its architects and architecture, funding by the local Chinese-American community, and tentative opening date. Written by Peter SooHoo acting as Secretary for the Los Angeles Chinatown (Inc.).
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Chinese baby, Old Chinatown, Los Angeles
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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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