Abstract The DeFalla Family collection consists of CHSSC founding documents, papers and artifacts reflecting Chinese American life, collected by the DeFalla family. It is arranged at a series and sub-series level. This collection is significant to CHSSC because it contains items regarding its own founding as well as artifacts that tell the story of Chinese American life and showing the connections in Southern California. Available through this collection are glimpses of Chinese American life through...

Content Description This collection contains 1 Hollinger box primarily containing photographs, most of which are 35mm slides and as well as approximately 40 prints and negatives, depicting the Old Chinatown and New Chinatown neighborhoods of Los Angeles. The photographs of New Chinatown primarily consist of street scenes, views of buildings in the neighborhood, the Miss Los Angeles Chinatown pageant, and Chinese New Year Parades. Many of the slides are arranged as historical slideshows showing the histories of...