Name/Title
Postcard, Los Angeles, Chinatown, Gateway New Chinatown, Los Angeles, CaliforniaEntry/Object ID
CHSA-04557Scope and Content
Color. Photo. California; Los Angeles; New Chinatown Gateway: Straight view of the gateway with the 3 curved tiled roof in red, it is surrounded by trees and behind it is a sing "Art".
Front: Caption: "Gateway, New Chinatown, Los Angeles, California." Back: Info. Text: "In a setting of Old China, with shrines, lily pools, and courts the Chinese have gathered art treasures of the Orient. Here is offered silks, antiques, jewelry, and thousand of beautiful souvenirs. The delicacies prepared in the fine Chinese restaurants are fit for a Mandarin, and delight the palate as well as the eye." Postmark: "Los Angeles, Calif, Jan 28 1952, 11AM". Stamp: a 2 cent red stamp with a picture of George Washington. Message: Sun [Illegible] Are here in Chinatown LA. on way home from Long Beach-Redondo, Beverly Hills and Hollywood. Love - Myrtie."; "Alice M Thayen, 924 Lapeer St. Flint - Mich." Old Accession #: REXDimensions
Height
5-1/2 inWidth
3-1/2 in