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Song transcript for two people for a Chinese opera entitled :" A beautiful woman is touring at the West Lake" by Ya Che. The song describes the beauty of the scenes around the lake-the pagoda lotus flowers birds shops a historical figure Yue Fei tomb…

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Song transcript for a female from a chinese opera " A female also knows the hatred of losing her own country" written by Ya Che. On off-white paper written entirely in Chinese three drawings - a woman weeping a man's head and two bodies. One lying…

advertising flyer

An advertising flyer for a Chinese opera performed by the Cantonese Opera troup Chuk Mon An Ban (Zhu Min An Ban). Biege paper folded in eighths printed only in Chinese information gives the name of the theater title of opera name of sponsoring…

financial record

records of a ticket sales a possible lottery ticket all others possible ship passenger tickets written in Chinese on beige paper in black ink rolled up ripped and getting brittle.

financial record

records of sales of possible lottery tickets beige paper written in chinese in black ink.

letter

letter describing property in Japan 30 tsubo agricultural land in Komazawa billage written on April 28 1924 in blue and black ink on tissue paper on a printed from with blue vertical lines and blue borders folded in eighths stained and edges folding…

envelope

envelope wrapper beige unfolded green with white postage stamp at bottom written in Japanese in Sumi ink ball point pen and block stamp.

receipt

receipt for goods veng hoa long co. ordered from U Chang Long Co. in san fransisco written in chinese vertically lined folded in fourths. Dated oct. 23 1936

textbook sheets

summarized school textbook sheets on chinese history especially the ming and ching dynasties written in chinese.

letter

a letter to hop sing tong to say that woo had paid off the debt of membership fee august 14 1925 on writing tablet paper written in Chinese in ink folded in fourths paper turning yellow.