Name/Title
Chinatown, San FranciscoEntry/Object ID
CHSA-04312Scope and Content
Color. Illus. SF; Chinatown; Buildings; Sing Chong Co.: Night scene of the Sing Chong Building on the corner lit up with light bulbs outlining the building with a tall Chinese street lantern and a cable car passing in front and people crossing the street.
Front: Caption: "Chinatown, San Francisco." "Robert E. Lehas", on the bottom right hand corner of the illustration. Back: Caption: "Chinatown, the most interesting foreign quarter in America, showing California Street cable car as it crosses Grant Avenue in the heart of San Francisco." Addressee: "Miss Edith Lessigs 703 Plymouth Rd Claremont CA 91711." Message: Sat Aug 15 Dear Edith, I tried several times to call you before I left but no luck. Such as life as this had been!! We left this AM-now in San Francisco as you can see. I'm sitting on a bench waiting for the family to "do" the 50th store(?) (or so it seems). Hope all is well with you-I'll be back the end of next wee. From, Dorothy." Postmark: "San Francisco, Cal. 15 Aug 1981, 1 PM", stamped in black. Stamp: A 12 Cent stamp with a picture of the Model T with Henry A. Ford on it in black. Smith Novelty co. 460 9th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. Pierre Marc Productions, Berkeley, CA 94710