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- Asian American Foodways Project Records
- Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 1: Neighborhoods with Asian American food businesses
- Sponsor
- This Asian Pacific American Foodways Project received Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.
- Biographical / Historical
- Washington, DC's Chinatown, located around H and 7th Streets NW, was established in the 1930s, when many of the city's Chinese American residents were forcibly relocated from a location at Pennsylvania Avenue and 4th Street NW. Residents were once again displaced by the construction of a new convention center in the 1980s, although local Chinese American communities have worked hard to preserve the neighborhood's history and built environment. Efforts have also focused on sustaining cultural traditions and practices through the formation of civic, social, religious organizations, including mutual-aid societies known as tongs. Legacy institutions like China Boy Restaurant and Chinatown Gardens continue the neighborhood's Chinese food traditions while also adapting to economic and demographic change.
- Date
- 2021
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- This subseries contains photographs, created in 2021, documenting Asian American food businesses located in Chinatown in Washington, DC. The photographs document the Chinatown neighborhood in 2021, including streetscapes, legacy institutions, and sites of former Chinese restaurants.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1694736000760-1694736003000-1
