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Fong Wan Herb Company customer journals and newspaper advertisement, 1916-1940.
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Title:

Fong Wan Herb Company customer journals and newspaper advertisement, 1916-1940

Creator/Contributor:

Fong Wan Herb Company, creator, creator.

Abstract:

Four commercial bookkeeping journals from the Fong Wan Herb Company of Oakland, California containing handwritten lists of customer names dated from 1916 to 1927. Entries include a prescription number, though no specifics on actual formulas or items sold is included). Also included in the collection is a copy of Section F of the San Francisco Examiner from Sunday, March 3, 1940 which consists entirely of an advertisement for the Fong Wan Herb Company.

Date:

1916 (issued)

Subject:

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Herbs -- Therapeutic use
Medicine, Chinese
Chinese American business enterprises -- Oakland (Calif)
Chinese American business enterprises
Herbs -- Therapeutic use
Medicine, Chinese
California -- Oakland
Fong Wan Herb Company -- Archives

Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Collection is open to researchers.
Processed by Lara Michels in 2022.
Fong Wan Herb Company customer journals and newspaper advertisement, BANC MSS 2022/133, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.

Type:

Archives.

Physical Description:

print
0.8 (1 1

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Collection is open to researchers.