New Chinatown, construction, opening, and First Anniversary

Front Cover

Inside front cover

p. 1, Aerial image of New Chinatown.

p. 2

p. 3, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 4, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 5, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 6, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 7, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 8, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 9, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 10, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 11, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 12, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 13, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 14, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 15, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 16, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 17, Construction of New Chinatown.

p. 18, snapshots.

p. 19, Gin Ling Way from West Gate.

p. 20, Unfinished West Gate.

p. 21, New Chinatown.

p. 22, New Chinatown.

p. 23, Opening Day of New Chinatown.

p. 24

p. 25, Opening Day of New Chinatown.

p. 26

p. 27, West Gate of New Chinatown.

p. 28, Lion dance at West Gate.

p. 29, Lion dance at West Gate.

p. 30, Lion dance at West Gate.

p. 31, Lion dance at West Gate.

p. 32, Lion dance at West Gate.

p. 33

p. 34, Parade of young women passing the West Gate.

p. 35, Plaza and East Gate.

p. 36, Opening Day of New Chinatown.

p. 37, East Gate.

p. 38, First Anniversary celebration, East Gate and the Mei Wah Girls Drill Team led by drum majorette Barbara Jean Wong.

p. 39, West Gate.

p. 40, East Gate.

p. 41, Anna May Wong.

p. 42, Anna May Wong.

p. 43, Anna May Wong.

p. 44, Anna May Wong planting a willow tree.

p. 45, Anna May Wong eating with chopsticks.

p. 46, Opening of New Chinatown.

Image of Anna May Wong laid in between p. 46 and p. 47.

Image of Anna May Wong, verso.

p. 47, Anna May Wong at the Seven Star Sacred Caverns and wishing pool.

p. 48, Seven Star Sacred Caverns and wishing pool.

p. 48a, Seven Star Sacred Caverns and wishing pool.

p. 48a, verso.

p. 49, Seven Star Sacred Caverns and wishing pool.

p. 50

p. 51, Opening Ceremony, fireworks.

p. 52, construction of New Chinatown.

p. 53, Opening ceremony, dinner or luncheon.

p. 54, Opening ceremony, fireworks.

p. 55, Calligrapher illustrating a tiger.

p. 56

p. 57, Offices in New Chinatown.

p. 58, Offices in New Chinatown.

p. 59, Image of New Chinatown.

p. 60, Four images of young women.

p. 61, New Chinatown lit by neon.

p. 62

p. 63, New Chinatown.

p. 64, Image of the Forbidden Palace, the wishing well in the foreground.

p. 65, Interior of the Gin Ling Gift Shop.

p. 66, Interior of the Gin Ling Gift Shop.

p. 67, First Anniversary celebration.

p. 68, Clipping from California Arts & Architecture.

p. 69, First Anniversary celebration, East Gate and the Mei Wah Girls Drill Team led by drum majorette Barbara Jean Wong.

p. 70, First Anniversary celebration, luncheon or dinner.

p. 71, First Anniversary celebration.

p. 72

p. 73, First Anniversary celebration, two children enjoying cake.

p. 74, First Anniversary celebration.

p. 75, Peter Soohoo and boy scouts collecting funds.

p. 76, Boy presenting a basket to a Red Cross nurse.

p. 77, Throne room and garden.

p. 78, Raffle.

p. 79, Int. throne room and garden.

p. 80

p. 81

p. 82

Inside back cover

Back cover

Contact print.

Contact print, verso.

Image of a stage show.

Image of a stage show, verso.

Studio portrait of Anna May Wong.

Studio portrait, verso.

Image of Gin Ling Way.

Image of Gin Ling Way, verso.

Crowd around the Seven Star Sacred Caverns and wishing pool.

Crowd around the Seven Star Sacred Caverns and wishing pool, verso.