Name/Title
New China/Harry's Cafe: business records [1952-64]Entry/Object ID
MS.11Scope and Content
New China/Harry's Cafe: business records [1952-64]
MS 11
New China/Harry's Café:
business records
[1952-64]
The New China Café started life as the popular Green Hut in April 1932. The Green Hut served dam workers and tourists throughout the 1930s and '40s. Cantonese immigrant Harry Won bought the restaurant in 1951 and opened it as the New China, changing the name to simply Harry's Cafe in 1956. Won retired in 1985 and died in 1994, but his restaurant has continued as the Happy Days Diner which capitalizes on a '50s theme—using much of the actual equipment Harry installed during a remodeling in 1956. A short oral history with Won is included in the Boulder Dam Hotel archives [MS 1]. For the story of Harry Won's association with Boulder City see Midnight on Arizona Street: The Secret Life of the Boulder Dam Hotel, by Dennis McBride [Boulder City, NV: Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum, 1993]. For the story of the Green Hut Café and its descendents see "From Dining Room to Diner: Boulder City's Green Hut Café," by Dennis McBride [Boulder City Bulletin, v. 1:14 (August 12, 1994), pp. 1 and 10; and v. 1:15 (August 26, 1994), pp. 1 and 9)].
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ManuscriptsArchive Items Details
Notes
MS 11
New China/Harry's Café:
business records
[1952-64]
inventory
[2 boxes and 1 folder]
Box 1 of 2
folder no.
1. chronology and article
2. receipts: food [June 1952]
3. receipts: food: baked goods [June 1952]
4. receipts: food: dairy products [June 1952]
5. receipts: beer and soft drinks [June 1952]
6. receipts: ice [June 1952]
7. receipts: candy and tobacco products [June 1952]
8. receipts: operation and maintenance supplies and
equipment [June 1952]
9. receipts: insurance, rent, taxes
10. receipts: food [September 1952]
11. receipts: food: baked goods [September 1952]
12. receipts: food: dairy products [September 1952]
13. receipts: beer and soft drinks [September 1952]
14. receipts: candy and tobacco products [September 1952]
15. receipts: operation and maintenance supplies and
equipment [September 1952]
16. receipts: insurance, rent, taxes [September 1952]
17. receipts: food [October 1952]
18. receipts: food: baked goods [October 1952]
19. receipts: food: dairy products [October 1952]
20. receipts: beer and soft drinks [October 1952]
21. receipts: candy and tobacco products [October 1952]
22. receipts: operating and maintenance supplies and
equipment [October 1952]
23. receipts: insurance, rent, taxes [October 1952]
24. receipts: food [November 1952]
25. receipts: food: baked goods [November 1952]
26. receipts: food: dairy products [November 1952]
27. receipts: beer and soft drinks [November 1952]
28. receipts: candy and tobacco products [November 1952]
29. receipts: operation and maintenance supplies and
equipment [November 1952]
30. receipts: insurance, rent, taxes [November 1952]
31. income tally [?] [January - December (1952?)]
32. time book [May 14, 1953 - September 16, 1954]
33. time book [January 26, 1956 - June 6, 1956]
34. time book [June 13, 1957 - June 26, 1958]
35. time book [August 16, 1963 - December 17, 1964]
Box 2 of 2
item: one binder of payroll and operations records,
December 16, 1960 - December 31, 1964
Folder 1 of 1
1. payroll ledgers [June 5 - November 27, 1952]
* * *Location
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Basement ArchivesDate
February 11, 2025Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Won, HarryRelated Entries
Notes
biography file, WON, Harry
subject file, RESTAURANTS, CAFES, and COFFEEHOUSES - Boulder
City: Harry's
subject file, RESTAURANTS, CAFES, and COFFEEHOUSES - Boulder
City: Happy Days Diner
subject file, RESTAURANTS, CAFES, and COFFEEHOUSES - Boulder
City: Green Hut
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June 27, 2002Updated By
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September 3, 2025