Name/Title
Joss House-Tong Buildings, Waverly Place, Chinatown, San Francisco, Calif.Entry/Object ID
CHSA-04360Scope and Content
Color. Illus. SF; Joss House: View of a street on one side, there is a colorful 4 story building in red, green and yellow with a white flag with red trim flying on the roof and the sign "Joss House" hanging on the top floor.
Front: Caption: "Joss House-Tong Buildings, Waverly Place 70, Chinatown, San Francisco, Calif. SA-H1067." Back: Info. Text: "Waverly Place, Chinatown, San Francisco, The picturesque Oriental architecture of San Francisco's Chinatown with its grilled balconies, tiled fronts and pagoda roffs well accounts for the fascination therein displayed by tourists and the occupancy of same by a "Tong" or "Joss House" adds to its attraction." "Stanley A. Plitz Company, San Francisco, Calif." Postmark: Portland Oreg. Aug 17 1936 9 PM." Stamp: "United States Postage 1 Cent" stamp with side view of Benjamin Franklin.