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Receipt

Receipt to Mr. Shanglian Wu (Eng) issued by Xushan Gong so. A printed receipt in Chinese for a donation.

Document

List of Shareholders In Chinese a business record produced by Shanglian and Shidi with 31 names.

Document

Brown piece of paper with record of income and expenses. Small sums dating from August 19 - September 26 of unknown year.

Advertisement

Printed store advertisement on brown paper in Chinese and some English Kwong Yick & Co. (Kuang Yi) 941-943 Grant Ave. PO Box 2477 San Francisco. Ad lists new arrivals and items coming soon. Items listed include: bamboo shoots dried lichee ginger…

Document

Gom Hong & Co. Record One long piece of paper listing merchandise in Chinese. Items include - Oolong tea abalone almonds sesame spices bowls teapots.

Note

Paper note with names of medicines in English "Ungentene for burns and olive oil for healing'

Ticket, Lottery

Three Chinese lottery tickets with notes about money owed. These were inside an envelope. B: Sept. 19 Yuyao owes ten dollars; Sept 21 owes four dollars. C: Caida the 20th Twenty five dollars 21st eight dollars. D: Oct. 19 Shilin owes thirty-six…

Letter

Letter and two envelopes C was placed in B: a red striped Chinese envelope which was placed in A: a western style envelope addressed to Gom Hong Co. from: Jida Wu Jinlong Village Taishan stamped: Kwong Lee Yuen in Canton China. C: "Father Great Man…

Letter

Letter and envelope and invoices to Shidi Wu (Eng) A: Chinese envelope with red stripe from: Yaoyun Wu Yuzhanhao Hong Kong. To: Shidi Wu B: Invoice: a pieve of paper with written Chinese - "Mr. Shanglian Wu expense of 25 dollars for treating eyes…

Poem

Note in Chinese: "On the edge of the Earth at the end of Heaven. When can we expect to meet? Falling flowers flowing water - Always I lament over the everchanging of meeting and parting."