Postcard, San Francisco, Chinatown, Night in Chinatown, San Francisco, California

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Chinese Historical Society of America

Name/Title

Postcard, San Francisco, Chinatown, Night in Chinatown, San Francisco, California

Entry/Object ID

CHSA-04326A-B

Scope and Content

CHSA-04326 A-B. Color. Photo. SF; Chinatown; Street Scenes: A: A night scene of the streets where the buildings are lit with lights, one building has the sign "Chop Suey" at the roof and "Tea Garden" on street level and a street lamp on the sidewalk. A: Front: Caption: "15:-Night In Chinatown, San Francisco, California." Back: Postmark: "San Francisco, Calif. May 29 1947 7-PM", stamped in black. Address: "Mr R J Lewis, 11 305 S.E. Colfax, Denver, Colo.", handwritten in green. Message: "Dear Pappy, Which one of these joints(?) do you want your chop suey from? This is Grant Ave. and it is lousy with Chinks. Take a couple or 3 weeks eating noodles 3...a day to make them all. Hope you have those onions sowing their colors by this time. They ought to go good with cornbread. Frances(?)"

Dimensions

Width

3-1/2 in