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Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson
I love this. The hand-holding is absolutely sublime. Gee, that's a great image. Best guess, Chinatown because the cellar-access door to the right (I think) and the crosshatched crawl-space vent behind the lady do not look like any part of Pico House to me. Also the ground seems very rough for the immediate Plaza area.
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
I hereby bestow upon CityBoyDoug the Raymond Chandler Badge of Honor.
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Here's an extremely rare cabinet card dating back to the 1870s.
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Either the photographer Bertrand traveled to old Chinatown, or this handsome Chinese couple (holding hands by the way) made their way over to Pico House.
This sends my imagination soaring!
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The look on their face appears to be that of sadness. I'm sure the treatment of Pacific Rim People back then must have been brutal.