Do you want to see a bunch of old Chicago Tribune pictures of life in Chinatown? Of course you do.
Here is Anna May Wong visiting Chicago
And Mei Lanfang
Protesting the Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Chinese gangsters
Lots more at the site.
http://galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com/chi-081513-early-lives-of-chicago-chinese-chinatown-history-pictures/