Name/Title
Postcard, New York, Chinatown, Cosmopolitan New York, Chinatown Highways and BywaysEntry/Object ID
CHSA-04758AScope and Content
CHSA-04758 A-C. Color. Illus. New York; Chinatown; Street Scene: A-C: Street scene where a Chinese man in blue is walking with hands in his pockets and another man holding a basket on his shoulder walking up the stairs.
Cosmopolitan New York Series: CHSA-04758-04763. A: Front: Caption: "Cosmopolitan New York, "Chinatown Highways and Byways"." Message: "July 28 Dear Anna you'll have to get a divorce. I have gone back to my old lover. Am having a fine time. Guess I will be home Wednesday. With love, Jean." Back: Info. Text: "Highways and Byways. Some thirty "companies" of Chinese merchants do business in the highways and byways of the streets of Chinatown, a number of whom supply Chinese shops in outlying towns. Their stocks are mainly imported direct, and include a wide range of goods."; "Cosmopolitan New York. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "Oilette" [Regd.] Postcard 1068. Art Publishers to their majesties the King & Queen." Postmark: Jersey City, N.J., Jul 29 1906, 12 - M" stamped in black. Stamp: a one cent green stamp with a picture of Benjamin Franklin, "Series 1902, United States of America, 1706 Franklin 1790, Postage one cent". Message: "Miss Anna Hector, 133 E. 16th St. N.Y. City. To D. D. P. + Co" Old Accession #: A)-