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Order Number	00101117
Title	Broadway Gate, New Chinatown
Photographer	Schultheis, Herman.
Collection ID	Herman J Schultheis Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	N-010-708 8x10
Date	Circa 1939
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;15 x 11 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Herman J. Schultheis was born in Aachen, Germany in 1900, and immigrated to the United States in the mid-1920s after obtaining a Ph.D. in mechanical and electrical engineering. He married Ethel Wisloh in 1936, and the pair moved to Los Angeles the following year. He worked in the film industry from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s, most notably on the animated features Fantasia and Pinocchio. His detailed notebook, documenting the special effects for Fantasia, is the subject of a 14-minute short-subject included on the film's DVD. In 1949, he started employment with Librascope as a patent engineer. Schultheis was an avid amateur photographer who traveled the world with his cameras. It was on one of these photographic exhibitions in 1955 that he disappeared in the jungles of Guatemala. His remains were discovered 18 months later. The digitized portion of this collection represents the images Schultheis took of Los Angeles and its surrounding communities after he relocated to the area in 1937.
Historical Data	The first Chinese on record arrived in Los Angeles in 1852, but 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. The dedication ceremony took place on June 25, 1938.
Description	The diagonal support beams and detailed roof structure of the East Gate, which marks the Broadway entrance to New Chinatown, is highlighted. The gate, erected by Y.C. Hong in honor of his mother, is also known as the Gate of Maternal Virtues. Tuey Far Low (436 Gin Ling Way) can be seen on the left, while shops on the right of this image include: Ginling Gifts (441 Gin Ling Way) and the Forbidden Palace (449 Gin Ling Way).
Subject	New Chinatown Main Gateway and Central Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.). Tuey Far Low (Restaurant : Los Angeles, Calif.). Ginling Gifts (Los Angeles, Calif.). Forbidden Palace (Restaurant : Los Angeles, Calif.). Architecture--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles)--Chinese influences. Signs and signboards--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles). Neon signs--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles). Chinese language. Restaurants--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles). Stores & shops--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles). Storefronts--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles). Streets--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles). Gin Ling Way (Los Angeles, Calif.). Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.). Schultheis Collection photographs. Webster, Erle. Wilson, Adrian.
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection