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• Chinese restaurant at Lugo Adobe

  Exterior view of a Chinese restaurant at Lugo Adobe across from Los Angeles Plaza. Chung Kee Shoemakers on the left.
• Chop Suey Noodles Cafe

  Chop Suey Noodles Cafe on a street corner. There is a second-story balcony on the building with potted plants and a wagon going down the street.
• Chop Suey Noodles Cafe in Old Chinatown

  A two-story building with a balcony. Chop Suey Noodles Cafe is on the left side of the building.
• Corner of Apablasa Street and Juan Street

  Buildings foregrounded by dirt roads on the corner of Apablasa and Juan Streets. Mon Chong & Co. storefront on the center left (341 Apablasa Street)
• Corner street view

  Storefront [Bow Hing Co.?] from corner street view in Old Chinatown, possibly Juan or Marchessault Street. There is a car parked along the road.
• Crowd shot, Moon Festival Parade

  A crowd of spectators and a few performers at a Moon Festival. One of the performers is a woman wearing a large marching bass drum. Spectators and pedestrians are surrounding the performers and facing towards each other.
• Crowd with dragon head, New Chinatown West Gate

  A small crowd stands in front of the West Gate of New Chinatown. The West Gate is located on what was at the time Castelar Street (now N Hill Street). The rest of the crowd is watching while one of them holds up a dragon puppet head. There is a large banner hung over the front center of the gate that reads "New Chinatown Welcomes You." Some of the buildings along Gin Ling Way can be seen in the background.
• Dragon Dance head, Moon Festival Parade

  A nighttime shot of the dragon dance head, part of the Moon Festival parade held in Old Chinatown on August 7, 1941. The dancers can be seen operating the dragon underneath and in front of it. A man in the front left of the photo points out of frame and a few spectators are visible in the back right.
• Dragon Dance, Moon Festival Parade

  A nighttime shot of a dragon dance, part of the Moon Festival parades held in Old Chinatown between August 7-9, 1941. Spectators are watching in the background and walking past. Buildings can be seen in the background and lanterns and a Moon Festival banner can be seen at the top of the image.
• Dragon Procession

  Parade gathering, with Chinese dragon marching through the center.
• Drugstore

  A two-story brick building with balconies along the upper level. There is laundry drying on a clothesline on the second floor. A sign for a drugstore is visible in Chinese on the first floor and there are several awnings above the first-story doors.
• Drum Majorette Corps at Chinatown gate

  The Drum Majorette Corps marching through a Chinatown gate. The gate says "Gateway Chinatown" in lights. The leader of the corps is holding up a baton and looking at the crowd. The rest of the corps members are holding up their sticks together to form a right angle and wearing drums over their shoulders. They are all wearing marching uniforms. There are spectators and pedestrians visible on either side of the photograph. This event was part of the parades held during the 1941 Moon Festival put on by United China Relief between August 7-9.
• Drum Majorette Corps, Moon Festival

  Young women marching with drums and raising batons in the Moon Festival parade held on Aug 7, 1941. The picture is taken at night and there are strings of light and Moon Festival banners in the background.
• Drum Majorette Corps, Moon Festival

  The Drum Majorette Corps marching in the 1941 Moon Festival parades. Two young women lead the corps, holding up batons. The other corps members are wearing drums over their shoulders and some of them are waving flags. They are wearing matching outfits styled after traditional Chinese clothing. There are strings of lights hanging across the street in the background.
• Drum Majorettes Corps, Moon Festival

  A nighttime shot of the drum majorettes corps performing in formation at the Moon Festival parade held on August 7, 1941 in Old Chinatown, China City, and New Chinatown.
• 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.
• East Side, Los Angeles Street

  Restaurants on North Los Angeles Street with pedestrians. Soochow Cafe on the right
• Exterior of the Lugo Adobe

  Exterior of the Pekin Curio Store at the Lugo Adobe in Los Angeles Plaza.
• Four men walking through street

  Four men wearing hats and dark, baggy traditional clothing look at the camera as they walk around a brick building. Photo possibly from early 1900s.
• Four women posing

  Four women posing in traditional Chinese clothing. There is writing that reads "Quillen L. A." in the bottom right corner.
• Funeral

  Gathering of people, many in traditional clothing, for a funeral. Photo taken possibly in early 1900s.
• 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.
• 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.
• Girls in costume

  Three rows of girls are lined up facing the camera. They are all wearing matching costumes and smiling for the picture. They appear to be pre-teens or teenagers. Four additional girls are positioned in front of the others, wearing different costumes and holding batons. Two of them are standing in the middle of the photograph and the other two are kneeling on either side of the two who are standing. There are lights on wires in the background. This picture was taken in relation to the Moon Festival put on by United China Relief between August 7-9, 1941.
• Girls in costume, standing

  Three rows of girls are lined up facing the camera. They are all wearing matching costumes and smiling for the picture. They appear to be pre-teens or teenagers. Four additional girls are standing in front of the others, wearing different costumes and holding batons. There are lights on wires in the background. This picture was taken in relation to the Moon Festival put on by United China Relief between August 7-9, 1941.
• Girls on parade float, Moon Festival

  Several girls stand inside a large, covered parade float. They are dressed in formal clothes and most of them are looking at the camera. The float is a large, rectangular box with openings on all four sides. The walls of the float are decorated with flowers, other plants, and Chinese calligraphy. There are lanterns and other decorations hanging from the ceiling of the float. This float was a part of the 1941 Moon Festival parades put on by United China Relief between August 7-9.
• Glee Club group photo

  Ward Photos S.C. Back Row (from left): [1] Elinore Soo Hoo, [3] Lily Soo Hoo, [5] May Wong, [6] Mabel Hong, [8] Rose Wong Front Row (from left): [1] Jessie Ming, [6] Dora Soo Hoo, [7] Mary Tom, [9] Ester Leong.
• Group of men standing in street

  Group of men stand clustered together in traditional clothing. Photo possibly taken in the early 1900s.
• Group on street

  Group of people gathered in street, many in traditional clothing. Photo taken possibly in the early 1900s.
• Horse-drawn carriage

  An unattended horse-drawn carriage in front of a two-story building. One of the doors on the first floor of the building has an awning over it. There's a balcony on the upper floor.
• House and Wagon with Produce Peddler, Apablasa Street, Old Chinatown
• 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.
• 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
• Hula Dance, Moon Festival

  A shot of four dancers in leis and grass skirts perform the hula on a stage as a part of the Moon Festival held in China City on August 7, 1941. Spectators can be seen in the foreground facing the stage. Behind the performers are a banner with stars (center) and the Republic of China flag (left).
• Industrial Development and Land Company

  Exterior of a house at 726 Alameda Street. In front of the building are a picket fence and several shrubs. The brick building was home to winemaker Matthew Keller and said to be the first brick house in Los Angeles. It is shown occupied by Industrial and Land Company.
• 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).
• Louie Gwan & Co, Old Chinatown

  The exterior of Louie Gwan & Co, a produce merchant on 401-403 Apablasa Street. Two blurred figures walk in front.
• Lung Kong Tin Yee Association building

  A straight on shot of the Lung Kong Tin Yee Association building in the early 1940s. The building is two stories and has a balcony on the upper level. The balcony is decorated with flags, including an American flag in the middle, and there is a large banner that reads "Welcome to Lung Kong Ten Yee Society." There is also a large flag on top of the building and a sign over the front door that reads "Welcome." The building was located at 425 1/2 North Los Angeles Street. On the left side of the picture, the edge of the Garnier building is visible. In front of the Lung Kong Tin Yee building, several men are carrying a ladder. There is a one-story building on the right side of the photograph with a striped awning. There are parked and driving cars in the foreground of the image.
• 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.
• Man poses with dragon head

  A performer poses in the street with the head of a Chinese dragon puppet behind a round wooden table with food and tea. Spectators line the edge of the road.