Southern California Oral History Project
Item set
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"1938 China City Opening" Tsin Nan Ling, Chekiang Importers, 132 Lotus Pool Road. Tsin Nan Ling standing in front of his shop Chekiang Importers in China City, Los Angeles. Woman behind him, looking in through shop window and a small girl standing at the shop's entrance looking out. -
"A Honey-moon party of A.L. Chow" Group possibly in Los Angeles Chinatown, Mary Tom third from left. -
"Abe," the fashion show Abraham Rosencranz wearing a Chinese costume outside Angeles Sing Fat Company storefront at 615 Broadway. He captures the attention of several onlookers inside and outside of the store. -
"Abe" Exposition Grounds, San Diego (John Simpson Company). (Builders and Engineers) "Abe" standing in front of building being constructed on Exposition Ground in San Diego. -
"Abe" U.S. Grant Hotel, San Diego Abraham Rosencrantz stands in a courtyard at the U.S. Grant Hotel. -
"Ah Gee and Lady witnesses who saw him catch these fish. Did he catch 'em? Yes, he did. NOT." (Catalina Island) A man standing admiring the catch of the day. People gathered in the back to look out from the pier. -
"China City, Los Angeles is the most charming Chinese settlement in the Occident," pg. 9 of Arrowhead Magazine Johnny Yee rickshaws a woman down a road in China City. -
"Chinese" Three children wearing sashes inscribed with the word "Chinese" stand in front of a hallway holding flowers. The girl on the right stands next to a box with a Red Cross insignia and "China" on it. -
"Electric Fountain" San Diego View of the Broadway Fountain in Horton Plaza Park, San Diego. U.S. Grant Hotel in the background. -
"Entrance to Olympic Stadium" Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum A photograph of the entrance to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the 1932 Olympics. The entrance is a series of arches with the tallest one in the middle. There is a large torch on the top of the middle arch and a variation on the 1932 Olympic crest on the front of the arch. Banners depicting the Olympic rings are hung on either side of the main arch and above the smaller arches. There is a patch of grass in front of the entrance with Olympic rings on it and a series of hedges trimmed to read "Olympic Stadium." Spectators and the rest of the coliseum are visible in the middle and background of the image. The picture is captioned "Entrance to Olympic Stadium" and has a black, decorative frame around it. -
"Final of 110M Hurdles 14.6'" (left) and "Start of 26Mi Marathon 2 hours 31 min" (right), 1932 Olympics Two photographs of track events during the 1932 Olympics at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The left picture is captioned "Final of 110M Hurdles 14.6'" and the right picture is captioned "Start of 26Mi Marathon 2 hours 31 min." The times in each caption record the winning time for each event. Both images are shots of the track and field inside the coliseum taken from the stands. In both images, crowds of spectators can be seen in the stands and competitors are visible on the track and field. In the left photograph, a flag is erected on the field in the top left of the image. Both photographs are inside black, decorative frames. -
"Floradora Sextet #3, B.J. Lee" [James Ginn 306 S. Flower, Los Angeles, Calif) Twelve women, half dressed in suits and half in dresses, appearing as the sextet Florodora Girls. Barbara Jean Lee, stands at the far right of photo.
