Title:
Chinese-American business miscellany, [1900s]-1952
Chinese Historical Society of America collection
Creator/Contributor:
Fu Feng Distillery
Creator/Contributor:
Peking Bazaar
Abstract:
Consists of a variety of miscellaneous records and printed ephemera relating to businesses in San Francisco and China. Contains
a sampling of shareholders certificates and handbooks, bylaws, regulations, and annual reports; records of rents and wages;
account books from groceries and restaurants; and business directories for San Francisco and Oakland from 1945 and 1949. Also
includes a catalog for the Peking Bazaar, as well as printed stationery or ephemera for various Chinatown businesses or restaurants,
including business cards, menus, advertisements, and picture postcards. Of particular interest is an illustrated brochure,
undated, advertising an exhibit by photographer Arnold Genthe at the Tao Tao restaurant.
Date:
190u (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Genthe, Arnold -- 1869-1942 -- Exhibitions
Chinese American businesspeople -- California -- San Francisco
Chinese American businesspeople -- California
Chinese American business enterprises -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Telephone directories
Export trading companies -- China
Merchants -- California -- San Francisco
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Description and travel
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Commerce
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Note:
Forms part of: Chinese Historical Society of America collection.
Chinese and English.
Type:
Ephemera.
Physical Description:
2 boxes (.8 linear ft.)
Language:
Chinese
English
Identifier:
AAS ARC 2000/37
Origin:
California