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Mary Jane Fong holding a gong stick and standing next to a Chinese lion in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Little Mary Jane Fong holding a gong stick and standing next to a Chinese lion. The lion was being prepared for the February 5 New Year celebration in Chinatown. (Although it is identified as a dragon in the newspaper article, another photograph taken on the same occasion identifies it as a lion and shows the shorter lion's body, ark no. 21198/zz002d9cvb).
Date:
February 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mary Jane Fong holding a gong stick and standing next to a Chinese lion in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1927

Los Angeles Wa Ching gang members arrested in Chinatown extortion case.

Description:
Al Williams of the Los Angeles Police Department explains how the protection racket works, and that it has been successful because the business owners are afraid of gang reprisals against their businesses or families if they contact police. He credits two Chinese officers who live in the community with gathering evidence that has led to the indictments of some gang members and he expects more to follow. Williams also touches on the assimilation problems some Chinese immigrants face that limit their opportunities and may lead them to join gangs. Includes silent footage featuring numerous shots of storefronts in Chinatown’s central plaza.
Date:
[1978-04-14]
Resource Type:
moving image
Collection:
Diverse Communities of Los Angeles (1970-1980) - KTLA Television Newsfilm Collection
Los Angeles Wa Ching gang members arrested in Chinatown extortion case.

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

Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Description:
Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown on unpaved street with spectators on the sidewalk. The man supporting the front holds the lion's head high above his own head and is smiling. There is allot of dust or smoke in the foreground. A sign on a commercial building reads: "Eastern Grocery Co."
Date:
[circa 1920-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939