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Historic Photographs of Minorities in Los Angeles

Japanese pleasure resort near San Pedro Preacher and politician Peter "Nigger" Johnson in Chinatown, 1890s Making adobe at Casa Verdugo Chinese field hands in Los Angeles, c1898 Japanese Embassy, 7 Dec 1941, burning papers Japanese American 2 year old awaiting bus for Manzanar, 1942 Olvera St, 1939: Dick Whittington collection Chinatown, 1939: Dick Whittington collection Chinatown, 1939: Dick Whittington collection