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• Associated Oil

  View of an Associated Oil service station in Los Angeles. A sign on the sidewalk with an image of a dog and a banner in the street read "Mid-Autumn" in Chinese.
• Garnier Building

  Partial view of Sun Wing Wo Co. located within the Garnier Building in Old Chinatown. To the right, Soochow Cafe is is visible.
• Sidewalk view

  People gathered on sidewalk in front of shop. Statues on street for display.
• Garnier Building

  Partial view of Chung Wah (Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association) and Sun Wing Wo Co. general store in the Garnier Building in Old Chinatown.
• Store front

  View of shops with people passing through.
• Man on statue

  A man stands on a stool and works on a Buddha statue in front of Tai Wo Tong Co, 437 N Los Angeles Street. There is a moon festival flyer on the brick wall.
• Mei Wah Girls Drum Corps

  Mei Wah Girls performing at the Old Chinatown Moon Festival in 1938. Eleanor Soo Hoo pictured as part of the performers.
• Moon Festival

  Moon Festival in Old Chinatown
• The Dragon Boat

  Participants dressed in traditional Chinese clothes in dragon boat procession. The number 1875 appears to be written on the bottom right corner of the image.
• Four women posing

  Four women posing in traditional Chinese clothing. There is writing that reads "Quillen L. A." in the bottom right corner.
• Mei Wah Club
• Los Angeles Plaza

  View of Los Angeles Plaza. Fort Moore Hill can be seen in the background as well as The Church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels (center right) and Brunswig Building (left).
• Marchessault Street, Old Chinatown

  View of dirt road and brick buildings on the south side of Marchessault Street east of Alameda Street. The building in the foreground is two stories, with flowers and plants on the balcony. The building in the background is one story with pedestrians walking in front of it.
• Houses on Apablasa Street

  The house on the left is 521 Apablasa Street, home of Emily Yee (daughter of Charlie Yee Hay and Chan See) and Joe Lum. The house of the Soo Hoo family on the right. Mother was Annie, mother of 9 children including Peter, founder of New L.A. Chinatown; Emily was aunt of Nellie Yee who married Dr. Yick Hong Chung on 6-2-1910, and parents of Lillian (Wong), Dr. Arthur Chung, Marian (Yang) and Marie (Louie). Contributed by Angi Ma Wong (daughter-in-law of Lillian) 9/15/2006
• Dun Sow Hong, Marchessault Street

  A two-story, brick building on Marchessault Street. The sign on the right side of the picture is for the herb shop Dun Sow Hong which was located at 306 Marchessault Street. Dun Sow Hong was established before 1900 and remained at 306 Marchessault through 1937 at which point the construction of Union Station (which opened in 1939) was well under way. A balcony runs along the second story of the building and in the foreground on the right side of the picture, a man stands beside a parked car.
• Building with flags

  A two-story brick building with upper-level balconies. The building is on a street corner and the back of a car can be seen on the intersecting street on the left side of the picture. The middle balcony is decorated with flags and bear carvings. There are potted plants on the right side of the balcony.
• 523 Apablasa Street

  House at 523 Apablasa Street with attic window and short front porch between a two-story brick building and another house.
• House in Old Chinatown

  Wooden house in Old Chinatown on a dirt road. Laundry hangs from a line in front. A carriage is parked in an adjacent alley.
• 521 Apablasa Street

  Two-story brick building with a balcony at the corner of Apablasa Street and Benjamin Street, pre-1920.
• Buildings on Apablasa Street

  Two one-story buildings on Apablasa Street. The building on the left is 425/525 Apablasa St which housed the Chinese Gospel Mission from the early 1900s through the 1920s. This building has ivy growing up its right side and has a front porch and large, empty wooden sign over the entrance. The building on the right is fully fenced in and has an awning over the front porch. It also has a smokestack on the right side of the building. There are wild plants in the foreground of the image.
• Alameda Street Building

  A straight-on shot of a two-story, brick building on Alameda Street. The building is located on a corner and has a balcony on the second floor. On the right side of the picture, there is a large awning over the first story of the building. Train tracks are visible along the center of the street and there are utility poles on the left side of the building.
• Unmarked building, exterior

  Exterior of an unmarked two-story building with balconies on the upper level.
• Men standing outside Tuck Lung Tai & Co.

  Two men stand on the street corner outside Tuck Lung Tai & Co. on Alameda Street at Marchessault Street. A man wearing overalls walks down Marchessault Street towards them.
• Buildings on Marchessault St., exterior

  An exterior shot of a two-story set of buildings on E. Marchessault St. The left side of the photo shows 305, 307, and 307 1/2 E. Marchessault St. at the very edge. There is an upper-level balcony on the buildings and laundry is drying on clotheslines on the second story.
• 305, 307, and 307 1/2 E. Marchessault St.

  An exterior shot of 305, 307, and 307 1/2 E. Marchessault St. There is a balcony on the upper level and there are awnings with the building numbers on them.