Title:
Ping Yuen scrapbook: San Francisco, Calif., 1951
Chinese Historical Society of America collection
Abstract:
Chiefly newspaper clippings relating to the opening of the Ping Yuen Housing Project, located in Chinatown, on Pacific near
Grant Ave. Printed floorplan of a typical 3-bedroom apartment prepared by the San Francisco Housing Authority is pasted in
the front of the album, which also contains a program from the dedication ceremonies. This includes a list of the furnishings
in a model apartment and the list of project sponsors, as well as a photograph of Mayor Elmer Robinson and his wife having
tea with H.K. and Susan Ann Wong of the Ti Sun Co., which outfitted the apartment. A photograph of the exterior detail on
the building is laid-in.
Date:
1951 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco (Calif.). -- Office of the Mayor (1948-1956 : Robinson) -- Portraits
Bing Yuen Housing Project.
Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Social conditions
Chinese Americans -- Housing -- California -- San Francisco
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Social conditions
Note:
Forms part of: Chinese Historical Society of America collection.
Ping Yuen was the first federal housing project in any Chinese community in the U.S.
Chinese and English.
Type:
Clippings.
Scrapbooks.
Physical Description:
print
1 v. (.4 linear ft.)
Language:
Chinese
English
Identifier:
AAS ARC 2000/34
Origin:
California
