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Originally Posted by gsjansen
those are great images of ferguson alley E_R. the 1st one is looking east towards alameda from the intersection of Calle de los negros. i found this image of jerry's joynt looking down calle de los negros
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With regard to Old Chinatown, anyone wanting an aural depiction of this neighborhood can do worse than checking out "
The Opium Den", an episode of
Calling All Cars produced in 1935. It deals with the closing down of, you guessed it, an opium den still operating at that late date.
Be forewarned: the characterizations of the Chinese-Americans in the story are repugnant in their racism; yet, if you can ignore that rest of it is interesting indeed. And if you're unfamiliar with
Calling All Cars, it's pretty much a fifteen-years-earlier version of Dragnet.