Postcard, Los Angeles, Chinatown, New Chinatown Gateway

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Chinese Historical Society of America

CHSA-04558 (front)

CHSA-04558 (front)

Name/Title

Postcard, Los Angeles, Chinatown, New Chinatown Gateway

Entry/Object ID

CHSA-04558

Scope and Content

Color. Photo. California; Los Angeles; New Chinatown Gateway: Side view of the 3 curved tiled roof gateway with 2 trees planted on either side of it, behind it is a roof sign "Choy Suey", next to it is a 2 story building with a curved tiled roof. Back: Info. Text: "Enchanting Chinese Settlement Los Angeles, California, In a setting of Old China, with shrines, lily pools, and courts, the Chinese have gathered the art treasures of the Orient. Here are offered silks, antiques, jewelry, and thousands of beautiful souvenirs. The delicacies prepared in the fine Chinese restaurants are fit for a Mandarin, and delight the palate as well the eye" "Mirro-krome card by H. S. Crocker Co., Inc., San Francisco 1, Calif." "Manufactured for Longshaw Card Co., Los Angeles, Calif." Old Accession #: N/A

Dimensions

Width

5-1/2 in