Louis Family Papers

The Louis Family Papers contains nineteenth- and early twentieth-century business records and personal papers of the Louis family, a prominent and pioneering mercantile family in San Luis Obispo, California. Born in China, Wong On (Ah Louis) migrated to the United States in 1861 and opened a Chinese mercantile store in San Luis Obispo in 1874. Included are the records of Louis' children, of which Howard Louis' records comprise the bulk. The collection is comprised of approximately 20 linear feet of family correspondence, financial and legal records, and business correspondence and financial records. More information available at https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8348mwz/

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[Ah Louis with Howard Louis]
Local Identifier
167-6-a-09-03-01
Date Created
1933 to 1936
Description

Ah Louis with beard and Howard Louis with two unidentified people, standing in front of the Ah Louis Store in Chinatown, Palm Street.

[Ah Louis standing near Ah Louis Store, circa 1933-1936]
Local Identifier
167-6-a-09-02-01
Date Created
1934 to 1936
Description

Ah Louis (On Wong) standing with cane on Chorro Street, near intersection of Palm Street, in front of the side of the Ah Louis Store (brick structure with metal shutters). This is dated after 1933 because in 1933 on a trip to China he grew out his goatee, prior to 1933 records suggest he was clean shaven. In the background the building is tentatively identified as the Sauer Adobe.

[Ah Louis with Howard Louis and unidentified]
Local Identifier
167-6-a-09-03-02
Date Created
1934 to 1936
Description

Ah Louis (center), standing with son Howard Louis (left) and two unidentified people. They are standing in front of the Ah Louis Store, with the opposite side of Palm Street visible.

Check from Ah Louis to Tom Lang [?], October 2, 1888
Local Identifier
167-7-a-27-09-07
Date Created
1888-10-02
Description

Check of two hundred and twenty dollars paid to Tom Lang. There seems to be another one or two characters that follow Tom Lang's name, but they are indecipherable.

Check from Ah Louis to the San Francisco Exchange
Local Identifier
167-7-a-27-09-08
Date Created
1889
Description

A check of four hundred dollars from Ah Luis, made out to the San Franciscan Exchange. There is not date at the top of the check, however here is a "Paid" stamp indicating a date of March 2, 1888.

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