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...Chinese store owner, he studied painting in Hong Kong, moved to the U.S. at 18, worked as a houseboy, cook and factory hand. The WPA art program started him on his long, steep climb from the gaudy obscurity of San Francisco's Chinatown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sidewalk Superintendent | 1/25/1960 | See Source »

Still Life. In San Francisco, U.S. Revenooer Jack Courtney investigated a cache of illegal moonshine in Chinatown, emptied three 5-gal. pickle jars of the grog down a drain, found that the dregs consisted of two chickens, two hawks and a monkey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 9, 1959 | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

...thaw. In Washington. Baudouin joked with newsmen; in Dallas, he danced until 2:30 in the morning beside a swimming pool, confided: "I have never had so much fun in my life." Hollywood was a chat with Gina Lollobrigida and lunch with Debbie Reynolds. In San Francisco's Chinatown, eating prawns and spareribs. Baudouin interestedly watched a pretty stripper named Coby Yee peel. Said a U.S. observer: "Nobody knows what bit him. But I figure he's just been shut up all his life, and now that he's out on his own. he's going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: The Americanized King | 6/15/1959 | See Source »

Flower Drum Song. Rodgers & Hammerstein's blithe-spirited romp through San Francisco's Chinatown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: On Broadway, Apr. 20, 1959 | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

Flower Drum Song. A routine but expertly guided tour, conducted by Rodgers & Hammerstein, of San Francisco's Chinatown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Feb. 23, 1959 | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

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