Location: Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Wishing pool tourists in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Tourists view the Seven Star Sacred Caverns and wishing pool designed by Prof. Liu Hong Kay in Chinatown, Los Angeles, which are artistic renderings of an actual scenic spot in Guangdong province.
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Old Chinatown billboard, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: A billboard announces the revival of Old Chinatown in Los Angeles, California.
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chinese temple in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: A woman visits a Chinese shrine in a Chinatown temple, Los Angeles.
Date:: ca. 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sailors at a bar in Chinatown, 1942.

Description:: Photographed left to right are recent U.S. Navy recruits Dave Lee, Clarence Yey, Kenny Cheung, and Wong-sut Chao.
Date:: 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Dragon costume for New Year festivities in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Two Chinese American women put the final touches on a dragon costume for New Year parades and festivies in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.).
Date:: 1953
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of New Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Aerial view of New Chinatown, Los Angeles following its relocation and renewal north of the Union Station area.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Moon festival lantern parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Chinese American children carry lanterns in a Moon Festival lantern parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: 1954
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Dragon parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Chinese Americans prepare the dragon costume for a parade through the streets of Chinatown in Los Angeles, California.
Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Four Families Association building in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Exterior view of the Lung Kong Tin Yee (Four Families) Association Building, a community-based aid and services organization in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Preparing for New Year festivities in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: A Chinese American man posts festive posters for the New Year celebration in Chinatown, Los Angeles
Date:: 1953
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Medicine shop in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: An herbalist uses his mortar and pestle in a medicine shop on North Broadway Street in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Fortune teller in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: A woman consults a Chinese fortune teller in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Street scene in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: View of a walkway on North Broadway Street in "New" Chinatown, Los Angeles following the move from the Union Station area.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Community center balcony in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: The balcony of a community center in Chinatown, Los Angeles, decorated with flags.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Street scene in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Two boys sell treats on a busy sidewalk in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Interior view of a Chinatown shop, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: A woman purchases goods at a gift shop in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Four Families Association building in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Interior view of the Lung Kong Tin Yee (Four Families) Association Building, a community-based aid and services organization in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chinese funeral in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: The funeral in Los Angeles Chinatown of Lew Sing Kai.
Date:: ca. 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wishing pool in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:: View of the Seven Star Sacred Caverns and wishing pool designed by Prof. Liu Hong Kay in Chinatown, Los Angeles, which are artistic renderings of an actual scenic spot in Guangdong province.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Painting a signpost in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: A shop employee paints the signpost on his storefront in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Dragon costume in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Chinese women prepare a dragon costume for a parade.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chinese funeral in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: A Chinese funeral procession on a street in Chinatown, Los Angeles, California.
Date:: 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Fortune teller booth in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Patrons line up outside the street booth of Charlie Chan, the fortune telling bird in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sailors at a bar in Chinatown. A. 1942.

Description:: Photographed left to right are recent U.S. Navy recruits Dave Lee, Clarence Yey, Kenny Cheung, and Wong-sut Chao.
Date:: 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Rickshaw driver and passenger in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: A rickshaw driver and his passenger pose for a photographer on North Spring Street, China City, the "New" Chinatown in Los Angeles following the move from the Union Station area.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wishing pool in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: View of the Seven Star Sacred Caverns and wishing pool designed by Prof. Liu Hong Kay in Chinatown, Los Angeles, which are artistic renderings of an actual scenic spot in Guangdong province.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chop Suey restaurant in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: An exterior view of the Chinese restaurant Tuey Far Low, located at 436 Gin Ling Way in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Interior of a Chinese temple in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Kites in a Chinatown shop, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Madame Chuey Sung, T.B. Chu Jr., and Madame Shan Wa Chan display Chinese kites in a Chinatown, Los Angeles shop.
Date:: 1954
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Preparing an ancestral shrine in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Four women prepare an interior shrine in Chinatown, Los Angeles. Identifying names are illegibly handwritten on the negative.
Date:: ca. 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Street scene in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: A woman stops to purchase treats from two boys on a busy sidewalk in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Moon festival lantern parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Chinese American children carry lanterns in a Moon Festival lantern parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: 1954
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Restaurant in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Interior view of a busy restaurant in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Santa Claus greets children as they line up for the Christmas party hosted by Bozzani Motor Company, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Children line up in front of the Bozzani Motor Company while attending the dealership's annual Christmas party. A wide sidewalk passes across the foreground. A couple children stand near camera at right. Farther back, at center, a Santa Claus stands facing camera. Behind him, children form a line. The line enters the dealership, off-center to the left, and stretches across the image towards the right. A few police officers stand on the near side of the line. The dealership's facade extends across the background.
Date:: [circa December 24, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Street scene of Old Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Date:: April 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Shopkeeper in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Date:: April 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Haing S. Ngor on balcony overlooking downtown Los Angeles, Calif., 1988

Date:: February 15, 1988
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Melcon, Mel
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Memorial procession for Sun Yat-sen in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: On a street in Chinatown, an automobile adorned with wreaths and banners bearing messages in Chinese in the memorial procession honoring Sun Yat-sen. Men walk beside the car, one holding a pot of flowers. Wide banners are carried in front of and behind the car. Reported in "MEMORY OF SUN YAT SEN IS HONORED: Local Colony of Chinese Gather for Service in Tribute to Leader," Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 1925: A3.
Date:: April 12, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Memorial procession for Sun Yat-sen in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: On a street in Chinatown, an automobile adorned with wreaths and banners bearing messages in Chinese in the memorial procession honoring Sun Yat-sen. Men walk beside the car, one holding a pot of flowers and one holding a banner in front. Reported in "MEMORY OF SUN YAT SEN IS HONORED: Local Colony of Chinese Gather for Service in Tribute to Leader," Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 1925: A3.
Date:: April 12, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Tom Mah with two other men, Chinatown (Los Angeles), 1920-1930

Description:: Tom Mah flanked by 2 men at a train station.
Date:: [between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Old Chinatown merchant Dick W. Le, Los Angeles, Calif., 1946

Date:: November 8, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Esther and George Wong, proprietors of Chinatown's Madame Wong's in Los Angeles, Calif., 1979

Date:: May 27, 1979
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Chamberlin, Bob
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

F. See On, in his importing store in "Old Chinatown" in Los Angeles, Calif., 1946

Date:: November 8, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek speaks at a rally in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Date:: May 3, 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Street scene of Old Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Date:: June 27, 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Seventeen-year-old victim of assault Catherine Wong, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Chinatown War Feared," Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan 1936: A6.
Date:: January 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Temple guardian statue in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Date:: April 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Chinese New Year Queen

Date:: February 9, 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Stores off alleyway in old Chinatown in Los Angeles, Calif., 1938

Date:: October 29, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lyda Wong meditating before a statue of Buddha in Chinatown Los Angeles, Calif., 1938

Date:: August 29, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

1000-foot dragon, Gum Lung begins trip through Los Angeles' Chinatown, 1938

Date:: August 10, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Group of Chinatown residents waiting in Los Angeles City Councilman Gilbert Lindsay's office, 1981

Date:: May 4, 1981
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Kennedy, Joe
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ginling Way in Los Angeles' Chinatown, 1975

Date:: June 9, 1975
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Malmin, John
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Eugene Chan and Barbara Jean Wong during Chinese New Year celebration in Los Angeles, Calif., 1941

Date:: January 27, 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Eugene Chan and other Chinese American children at Chinese New Year celebration in Los Angeles, Calif., 1941

Date:: January 28, 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Immigrant women working as seamstresses in Los Angeles' Chinatown, Calif., 1972

Date:: November 26, 1972
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Malmin, John
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Memorial procession for Sun Yat-sen in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: On a street in Chinatown, an automobile adorned with wreaths and banners bearing messages in Chinese in the memorial procession honoring Sun Yat-sen. Men stand beside the car, one holding a pot of flowers, and a man holds one side of a banner behind the car. There is a pile of broken street pavement in front of the car. Reported in "MEMORY OF SUN YAT SEN IS HONORED: Local Colony of Chinese Gather for Service in Tribute to Leader," Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 1925: A3.
Date:: April 12, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Banners for the memorial procession for Sun Yat-Sen in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: Banners with Writing in Chinese for the memorial procession for Sun Yat-sen. Reported in "MEMORY OF SUN YAT SEN IS HONORED: Local Colony of Chinese Gather for Service in Tribute to Leader," Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 1925: A3.
Date:: April 12, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Kaz Hirata standing outside his gas station with "No Gas" signs written in English and Chinese in Los Angeles' Chinatown, Calif., 1974

Date:: February 16, 1974
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Gaunt, Jack
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dick Powell and Joan Blondell in the Moon Festival parade, Chinatown (Los Angeles), 1941

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, "Moon Festival Tempo Rises: Oriental Mysticism and Occidental Gayety Blend Toward Climax Tonight." Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 1941: A1.
Date:: August 9, 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Seventeen-year-old victim of assault Catherine Wong, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Vincent Dong Hule was brought into police custody after 17-year-old Catherine Wong accused him of an attack, but was released due to lack of sufficient evidence.
Date:: January 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Street scene in Chinatown with Los Angeles City Hall in background, 1978

Date:: July 30, 1978
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Rose, George
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Street scene of Old Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Date:: April 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Roland Gott and Kwai On, actors in a theater company based in Los Angeles' Chinatown, 1939

Date:: June 21, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Members of China City theater troop in costume Los Angeles, circa 1939

Description:: Newspaper article identified from left; Raymond Cannon, Tom Gubbins (seated), Bessie Low, Bob Chin, Kwai On, Roland Gott, and Ernest Chin
Date:: June 21, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Crowd gathers at Ferguson Alley after gang shooting in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A different photograph from the same event appears with the headline, “Chinatown Gang Guns Blaze,” Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 1936: 18.
Date:: January 12, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Girls in costume sit in front of Buddha during Autumn Moon Festival in Los Angeles' Chinatown, 1939

Description:: Newspaper article identified from left, Ethel Wong, Lucile Fong, Marian Lee, Eleanor Lee, and Dorothy Lamb.
Date:: September 15, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Group of Chinese-American percussionists play during the Chinese New Year celebration while surrounded by a crowd, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:: A group of 4-5, young, Chinese-American men are grouped together at center and look to the camera as they play a variety of percussion instruments. The leftmost young man beats a floor drum decorated with Chinese characters. At the center of the group, another man crouches low to the ground while playing cymbals. The man to the right of him holds a small gong. Rightmost, a man in a white, ceremonial outfit also holds cymbals. Another young man behind him is dressed in the same garb. Between the floor drum player and the crouching cymbal player, a man stands with crossed arms. A large crowd surrounds this group and everyone appears to look to camera. People wrap around the group along the left edge of the image. A rope extends in front of the spectators standing behind the group at right. Storefronts line the background at left and recede back as they extend towards center. A sign at left reads: "[GR]OCERY CO. [Chinese characters] 512."
Date:: [circa February 7, 1924]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Chinese Americans celebrating Double-10th anniversary in Los Angeles, Calif., 1961

Date:: October 11, 1961
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Rally for Madame Chiang Kai-shek in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Date:: May 3, 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Chinese man standing at community kitchen grill in vegetable market in Los Angeles, Calif., 1934

Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Children crowd outside the Bozzani Motor Company during its annual Christmas party, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: A photograph of the same event appears in the photo spread titled, “Pictures From Far and Near Tell Story of Christmas Cheer Through Land,” and with the caption, “Thousands of Children at Italian Party,” Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1935: A22
Date:: [circa December 24, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Pastor Andrew Gih and fellow missionaries Betty Hu and Alice Lan spread the gospel of Christianity, Chinatown, 1936

Description:: Ever since 34-year-old Pastor Andrew Gih was accidentally sent to a missionary school as a child in Shanghai he has forsaken Confucianism and spread the gospel of Christianity across China and the United States.
Date:: January 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Removing Quan Yin statue from Old China City, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Date:: February 25, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Tim Wong sitting and reading in his store on N Los Angeles St. in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles, Calif., 1949

Date:: June 27, 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dr. T.K. Chang, Chinese Consul General and Chinese Naval Officers welcomed at the Chinatown Canteen, 1945.

Description:: Note on envelope reads: "Chinatown Canteen welcome Chinese Navy Officers arrived from China with Dr. T.K. Chang."
Date:: February 9, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Schoolgirls outside an Old Chinatown temple, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Date:: April 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Hazel Quock and Warren Wong work on their Chinese lesson at the Chung Wah public school in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Chinatown Pupils Study Father's Native Tongue," Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 1936: 2.
Date:: [January 5, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Crowds gather in 700-block North Alameda street after police raids in Los Angeles, Calif., 1938

Date:: May 25, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Howard Tsang and others competing in chow mein eating contest in Los Angeles' Chinatown, 1973

Date:: February 1, 1973
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Mally, Michael
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Whiting-Mead workers salvaging doors and windows from old Chinatown[?] building in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1935

Date:: circa 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Members of the Soo Yuen Fraternal Association at building dedication in Los Angeles, Calif., 1964

Description:: Article identified men; left to right: Robert Fong, G.N. Louis, Chi Fong, N.J. Fong, local chapter president; Hawaii Sen. Hiram L. Fong, guest of honor; Y. S. Sun, Chinese consul general; Y.P. Fong and F.J. Louie
Date:: August 24, 1964
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Suspects picked up in Chinatown Lottery raids by Los Angeles District Attorney's Office in 1938

Date:: May 25, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Pedro Garong speaks with Officer R. W. Clark after being shot by gang members in Ferguson Alley, Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Pedro Garong is shown with a bullet wound in the aftermath of a shooting in Ferguson Alley in Chinatown being questioned by Officer R. W. Clark.
Date:: January 13, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection