Chinese New Year Celebrations in Los Angeles

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

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The photo gallery was published in the Jan. 27, 1928, Los Angeles Times.

The original caption reported:
Yesterday Was Bad Day for Invisible Devils

“Happy New Year!” being said Chinese style down on Apablasa street in Chinatown. The lion doing his annual dance, bringing good luck for the new year and driving away any stray devils from the doorstep mid the smoke of booming firecrackers.

Apablasa Street was in Old Chinatown. Most of the community was removed for construction of Union Station. There have actually been four Chinese communities in downtown Los Angeles.