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Antique scenic souvenir post card
Linen Era, Circa 1940s
Tichnor Art Co.

Street view in LA's "New" Chinatown, with gardens below street level, tended to by the area residents.

The first recorded Chinese immigrants arrived in Los Angeles in 1852, and by 1910, Old Chinatown had grown to cover approximately 15 streets. In 1931, a California Supreme Court decision was upheld, approving land condemnations and the construction of the new Union Station upon the site of Old Chinatown. The Los Angeles Chinatown Project Association was formed in 1937 and by February the following year the first tenants were moving to "New Chinatown". This was occurring at the same time Olvera Street was being redesigned as the quaint Little Mexico tourist mecca it is today.
With time its invented atmosphere has acquired an authenticity of its own. The markets and pharmacies along Hill and Broadway, with their burbling fish tanks and jars of dried medicinal herbs, have been a source of continuity for the neighborhood’s aging population. A livelihood, also. As evening descends, a younger crowd descends into the lantern-lit courtyard of Chung King Road on their way to art galleries while restaurants fill up with crowds.
This old post card harkens back to a time before LA's Chinese community migrated east and settled in the San Gabriel Valley, a colorful era when Chinese restaurants served Polynesian-inspired tiki cocktails and people dressed up in tuxedos and furs for a fun night out in Chinatown. . .

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Description

Antique scenic souvenir post card
Linen Era, Circa 1940s
Tichnor Art Co.

Street view in LA's "New" Chinatown, with gardens below street level, tended to by the area residents.

The first recorded Chinese immigrants arrived in Los Angeles in 1852, and by 1910, Old Chinatown had grown to cover approximately 15 streets. In 1931, a California Supreme Court decision was upheld, approving land condemnations and the construction of the new Union Station upon the site of Old Chinatown. The Los Angeles Chinatown Project Association was formed in 1937 and by February the following year the first tenants were moving to "New Chinatown". This was occurring at the same time Olvera Street was being redesigned as the quaint Little Mexico tourist mecca it is today.
With time its invented atmosphere has acquired an authenticity of its own. The markets and pharmacies along Hill and Broadway, with their burbling fish tanks and jars of dried medicinal herbs, have been a source of continuity for the neighborhood’s aging population. A livelihood, also. As evening descends, a younger crowd descends into the lantern-lit courtyard of Chung King Road on their way to art galleries while restaurants fill up with crowds.
This old post card harkens back to a time before LA's Chinese community migrated east and settled in the San Gabriel Valley, a colorful era when Chinese restaurants served Polynesian-inspired tiki cocktails and people dressed up in tuxedos and furs for a fun night out in Chinatown. . .

V I N T A G E S T O C K
#postcardstock #vintagestock #deltiology #oldpaper
All of my uploads are from my personal collection of antique paper ephemera
and offered here as free use, no-restrictions stock images and resources.
Do with them whatever you like Be creative, enjoy!
My Gallery yesterdays-paper.deviantart.co…

Deltiology = The collection and study of POSTCARDS.
Watch Vintage-Postcards group to see more old cards.
Explore history and travel the globe, one image at a time!