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Apalabassa St. taken from # 317 looking west. Alameda St. in distance

Description: View of attached brick buildings on Apablasa Street in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles, with an automobile at right. Brick building across street has balcony.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1933
Call number: photCL 502 (29)
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North side Apalabassa St. at jog in street east of Alameda St

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View of two-story attached brick buildings and automobiles on Apablasa Street in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles. The building at left has decorative finishes and awning and reads Chee Kung Tong Co. 1900. Building at right has laundry hanging on balcony.

photCL 502 (30)

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Apalabassa St. taken from # 317 looking west. Alameda St. in distance

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This collection contains 131 black-and-white photographs (including some duplicates) of views of building exteriors and streets scenes in Old Chinatown and neighboring residential and industrial areas of downtown Los Angeles, California, that were taken prior to the demolition of the area beginning on December 23, 1933, to make way for the Los Angeles Union Station railroad terminal. The photographs consist of eye-level street views focused on the area of downtown Los Angeles, around Apablasa Street (spelled Apalabasa or Apalabassa on the images), that was bordered by Alameda Street to the west, Aliso Street to the south, Date and College Streets to the north, and Lyon to the east. The views include images of industrial and commercial areas; retail storefronts; warehouses; manufacturing; utility and railroad buildings; houses and apartments with balconies; dirt streets and alleys; children; automobiles; and dilapidated and vacant buildings. The signage on retail buildings often reflects the Chinese and Hispanic heritage of residents and shop owners in the area. The photographer is unidentified, but presumably the photographs were created to aid in planning for the project, perhaps as part of the process of determining property valuation.

photCL 502

South side of Apalabassa St

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View of attached brick buildings and pedestrians on Apablasa Street in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles.

photCL 502 (28)

311, 315, 317 & 319 Apalabasa St

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View of attached brick two-story buildings, with balconies and drying laundry, on Apablasa Street in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles, with automobile in front. Building at left reads Chee Kung Tong Co. 1900, and the windows below read "Hoy Sun Ning Yung Benevolent Association".

photCL 502 (31)