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Kwong Cheung Lung Co. Collection
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Kwong Cheung Lung Co. collection
Creator:
Kwong Cheung Lung Co.
Identifier/Call Number: mssKwong
Physical Description:
0.02 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date: 1917
Abstract: A small collection of material related
to the Kwong Cheung Lung Co., a San Francisco-based company dealing in general food
merchandise.
Language of Material: Materials are in Chinese
(traditional) and English.
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[Identification of item]. Kwong Cheung Lung Co. collection, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Caroliniana Rare Books, February 2024.
Kwong Cheung Lung Co. specialized in general food merchandise at the turn of the 20th
century; the company was located at 739-741 Commercial street in Chinatown, San Francisco,
California.
This small collection of Chinese American business ephemera contains an extensive price
list of Chinese-style salted fish, a blank order form, an unused return envelope, and the
postmarked mailing envelope sent to Sing Chong Lung in Fresno, California. The price list
features eight varieties of salted fish in various quantities, while the order form contains
ten varieties. The material is brittle with slight damage; all pieces have been placed in
mylar.
Processed by Gayle M. Richardson, April 2024.
Arranged by format.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Business enterprises -- California -- San Francisco
Chinese American business enterprises
Chinese American businesspeople
Chinese Americans -- Social life and customs
Dried fish
Groceries -- California -- San Francisco
China -- Commerce -- United States -- History -- 20th
century
Chinatown (San Francisco,
Calif.)
United States -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 20th
century
Ephemera
Price lists