Chinatown Los Angeles, undated. Selections from the California Historical Society Collection.

Lunar New Year Festival, early 1930’s. Garnier Building/Chinese American Museum.

Unknown photographer, Chinese cook and waitstaff in a restaurant, Old Chinatown, Los Angeles, ca. 1900. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Chinese New Year celebrations, January 27, 1941. Herald Examiner Collection.

In Los Angeles and other cities where there are large Chinese sections, the New Year is celebrated in traditional fashion. The local Chinese in new Chinatown on North Broadway and China City on North Main street today started their eight-day festival with all the glamor [sic] and color of ancient pageantry. Here Marian Lee and Sylvia Wong are shown feeding the Good Luck Lion before a dance.

Anton Wagner, Looking north from Broadway and College Street, February 13, 1933.
© California Historical Society.

Anton Wagner, New High Street north of Ord Street, February 13, 1933.
© California Historical Society.

Anton Wagner, Looking north from North Broadway Bridge, industrial district, January 8, 1933.
© California Historical Society.

Anton Wagner, Apablasa Street, Chinatown, January 22, 1933.
© California Historical Society.

Historical Note: Apablasa Street, named for Cayetano Apablasa an early Los Angeles landowner and politician, no longer exits.
Coordinates given reflect location of Los Angeles' first Chinatown near Alameda and Cesar Chavez Streets.

Anton Wagner, Looking east from Napier Street, Chinese quarters and industry, January 22, 1933.
© California Historical Society.

Historical Note: Napier Street no longer exists. Coordinates given reflect location of Los Angeles' first Chinatown near Alameda and Cesar Chavez Streets.

Anton Wagner, Back of Chinatown, January 22, 1933.
© California Historical Society.

Historical Note: Coordinates given reflect location of Los Angeles' first Chinatown near Alameda and Cesar Chavez Streets.

Anton Wagner, Apablasa Street, east of Alameda, Chinatown, January 22, 1933.
© California Historical Society.

Historical Note: Apablasa Street, named for Cayetano Apablasa an early Los Angeles landowner and politician, no longer exits.
Coordinates given reflect location of Los Angeles' first Chinatown near Alameda and Cesar Chavez Streets.

Anton Wagner, Marchessault Street, east of Alameda, Chinatown, January 22, 1933.
© California Historical Society.

Historical Note: Marchessault Street no longer exists. Coordinates given reflect location of Los Angeles' first Chinatown near Alameda and Cesar Chavez Streets.

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