Exterior view of the Man Jen Low Café in Los Angeles's Chinatown, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Man Jen Low Café in Los Angeles's Chinatown, [s.d.]. The three-story brick building can be seen at center. A covered porch can be seen on the first floor, while covered balconies are visible on the second and third floors. The third floor is much narrower than the other stories, and resembles at tower. Large windows can be seen on all three stories, and signs with Chinese characters can be seen over the windows at center. An automobile can be seen parked in the foreground at right. A sign over the door reads: "Chinese dishes a la carte Chop Suey -- Noodles Man Jen Low Café Private Rooms for Ladies".

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Title Exterior view of the Man Jen Low Café in Los Angeles's Chinatown, [s.d.]

Subject buildings (adlf), buildings (lcsh), Chinese Americans (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Chinatown (subject), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Chinatown (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Marchessault Street (roadway), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 17 x 13 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21079

Identifier 35164 (accession number), CHS-35164 (call number), CHS-35164 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20095 (legacy record id), chs-m21079 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20095

Unique identifier UC122352

Legacy Identifier CHS-35164.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.6 in × 18.0 in at 300dpi
32.1 cm × 45.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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