31 Beautiful Photos- Life In San Francisco’s Chinatown 1950s

[helen]

31 Beautiful Photos Of Life In San Francisco’s Chinatown In The ’50s


www.buzzfeed.com/nataliemorin/beautiful-photos-of-life-in-san-franciscos-chinatown-in-t

[lachinatown]

Excellent photos, good find Helen.
Remind me of Flower Drum Song.

[douglaslam]

Helen, on viewing the photos again, I noticed No.14 showing two diners at Johnny Kan's restaurant. Could it be the same Johnny Kan who commissioned Jake Lee to paint those watercolour masterpieces which graced his dining room? Those paintings depicting life of the Chinese in America are now much-prized works of art. I wonder the diners in the '50s would appreciate what they were looking at on the walls. www.bigwowo.com/2011/02/jake-lee-and-his-rediscovered-art/

Douglas