Dun Sow Hong, Marchessault Street

Identifier: SCOH-79-02-34
Title: Dun Sow Hong, Marchessault Street
Description: 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.
Extent: 3.5x5
Spatial Coverage: Old Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.); Marchessault Street
Subject: Buildings; Streets; Herb stores; Automobiles; Balconies
Source: Peter Soo Hoo Jr. Family Albums of Peter Soo Hoo Sr.; 044 - Peter Soo Hoo
Is Part Of: 044 - Peter Soo Hoo
Publisher: Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
Format: image/jpeg
Type: Image
Medium: Black-and-white photograph
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