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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China trip scrapbook key, circa 1933
Local Identifier
167-6-d-13-01-01
Date Created
1933 (year uncertain)
Description

Photo descriptions and key to abbreviations for the Louis family's trip to China scrapbooks. The numbered descriptions in the key correspond to the numbered photos in the scrapbooks (167-6-d-16-01-01 and 167-6-d-16-02-01).

23 items in Collection
Louis Family Scrapbook, China Trip, 1932-1933
Local Identifier
167-6-d-16-01-01
Date Created
1932 to 1933
Description

Scrapbook created by Howard Louis. Includes photographs from the Louis family's trip to China in the early 1930s.

34 items in Collection
[Fred Louis]
Local Identifier
167-6-a-09-04-03
Date Created
1943
Description

Inscription reads: "To Brother Howard, I am proud to know that you are one of us in the service .-Fred 10/27/43"

[La Fiesta, Louis Store, San Luis Obispo]
Local Identifier
167-6-a-09-20-03
Date Created
1967
Description

Possibly Lion Dance, in front of the Ah Louis Store, 800 Palm Street. There is a sign on the door for the 1967 La Fiesta. La Fiesta was a city-wide event in San Luis Obispo.

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