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  2. China City, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    The China City development was described in the 1941 American Guide to Los Angeles created by the Federal Writers' Project: [8] CHINA CITY (open 8 a.m - 2 a.m.), bounded by Ord, Main, Macy, and New High Sts, is an American-promoted, Chinese-operated amusement center designed to attract tourists.

  3. File:Romani women in jail, Los Angeles, California, 1940.jpg

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    English: Taken from an issue of the Los Angeles Daily News, January 4, 1940, showing six Romani women sitting in a jail cell in Los Angeles, California. Date 4 January 1940

  4. Old Chinatown, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Photo postcard dated between 1898 and 1905: "A street in Chinatown" Old Chinatown, or original Chinatown, is a retronym that refers to the location of a former Chinese-American ethnic enclave enforced by legal segregation that existed near downtown Los Angeles, California in the United States from the 1860s until the 1930s.

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles

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    Castle-like building occupied by mural-painting business of Anthony Heinsbergen for more than 50 years; built with bricks from the old Los Angeles City Hall 120: Higgins Building: Higgins Building: September 19, 2023 : 108 West 2nd St. 121

  6. Chinatown, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Chinatown is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938. The area includes restaurants, shops, and art galleries, but also has a residential neighborhood with a low-income, aging population of about 7,800 residents.

  7. Forbidden City (nightclub) - Wikipedia

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    Business was slow until 1940, when Low hired Noel Toy, a journalism student at University of California, Berkeley [54] who had worked as a nude model at the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939. [30] At Forbidden City, Toy was marketed as a "Bubble Dancer" and the "Chinese Sally Rand" even though she had no experience in dancing.

  8. 'Mercenary group' with ex-L.A. County deputies hired in ... - AOL

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    The indictment, filed Aug. 1, charges Steven Arthur Lankford, 68, a retired Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy who stopped working for the department in 2020; and Glen Louis Cozart ...

  9. List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments on the East ...

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    City of Los Angeles Map, with community districts. — via Given Place Media. Big Orange Landmarks: "Exploring the Landmarks of Los Angeles, One Monument at a Time" — L.A.H.C.Monuments in Northeast Los Angeles — online photos and in-depth history. — website curator: Floyd B. Bariscale