Immigration Box
Boyle Heights serves as the microcosm of Los Angeles and the United States. From its period of early settlement to the present day, this neighborhood has grown into a community where peoples from all over the world interact, gather and thrive. . By the 1930s, Boyle Heights blossomed into a working-class, multiracial neighborhood. Jews, Japanese, Mexicans, Italians, Russians, and Chinese and were just a few of the various immigrant groups that came to live along side each other. Though this multiracial space was disrupted with the onset of World War II, the Los Angeles freeway system, and housing regulations, immigrants still find their way to Boyle Heights.
Objects
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Bento Box – Japanese Immigrants
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Kasinka – Russian Molokans
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Kippah – Jewish Immigrants
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Joss Sticks – Chinese Immigrants
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Mariachi Mono – Mexican Immigrants
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George Sanchez
Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity and History
Address
University of Southern California
3620 South Vermont Avenue
Kaprielian Hall 462
Los Angeles, California 90089-2534