A classroom celebrates Lunar New Year, 1966A classroom celebrates Lunar New Year, 1966
New York, New York
Photograph by Fred Palumbo
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, NYWTSSUBJ/GEOG-Holidays-Chinese New Year
During a period when the two nations did not have official diplomatic relations, Americans continued to celebrate Chinese culture. In 1966, New York City school teacher Joan Panello arranged a Lunar New Year celebration for her students who lived in Chinatown. The children constructed their own paper hats to wear at the school party.