Down by the Station: Los Angeles Chinatown 1880-1933

by Roberta S. Greenwood

Recipient of the Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen Prize Excavation of the Chinatown that was destroyed in the building of Union Station provides a rich picture of the people and life in nineteenth and early... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0917956877
• ISBN13: 9780917956874
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Memory Lane of LA Chinatown

This is a detail archaeology research study on the excavation of the Chinatown that was destroyed in the building of Union Station. Based on the artifacts of unearth found on the site and restored a picture how Chinese made their living in this town of Angeles along the Apablasa Street. The picture on p.22 was the building of Chee Kung Tong, The Chinese Free Mason and the table on the next page listed by street number along Apablasa Street in their business of lottery and even opium. The daily items at home, kitchen, business and their own relationships with other ethnic groups, with tong wars and the 1871 Negro Ally massacre. The daily life items such as coin, tooth brush, and ceramic bottles even spittoon were described in details. The broken bowl with I Ching trigrams, was a picture on p.75. Of interest is the table on p.105 listing The old stove on page 120 reminded the good old days of home life in China. This is a good reference on life in LA Chinatown in 19th Century. It is a book back in memory lane.