Name/Title
Postcard, In the SierraEntry/Object ID
CHSA-04663Scope and Content
Color. Illus. California; Railroad; Kan's Restaurant Card: There are 2 groups of Chinese men wearing straw hats carrying two logs on the track with 2 other men directing, there are also Chinese men lowered in baskets over the rock face.
Front: There are Chinese characters on the bottom. Caption: "In the Sierra. Thousands of Chinese laborers built the Central Pacific trucks which joined the Union Pacific to span America in 1869." Back: Info. Text: "Kan's Restaurant in San Francisco, Few people realize the varied roles of the Chinese in U.S. history... how they became integral, yet distinctive part of local life. Too, few people realize the infinite variety and deliciousness of true Chinese cuisine... until theydine at Kan's, the most imitated Chinese restaurant in America."; "8th consecutive holiday award"; "Mirro-Krome, Card by H. S.Crocker Co., Inc., San Francisco 1"; "Original water color by Jake Lee copyright 1963". Old Accession #: T(XX)