Louis Family Papers

Ah Louis used the Wells, Fargo & Co's Express to send $20.00 to Tony [?] [Jun?] who lived in San Francisco. This service was to pay money by telegraph.

The box-rent receipt for Ah Louis in 1888. The rental lasted for a quarter of a year and ended June 30, 1888. The price was 75 cents. The back of the receipt lists the regulations of the rental. Handwritten Chinese script is written across the regulations.

A box-rent receipt for Ah Louis (spelled 'Luis' in the document). This rental lasted for a quarter of 1888, from July 14 to September 30. The price was 75 cents. On the back of the receipt are regulations for the rental. Chinese script is written over the regulations.

Receipt for payment by Ah Louis (spelled Luis in the document) to the San Luis Water Co., for March 1 to April 1, 1888. Details of the payment and water services are listed on the receipt, as well as the bill price of fourteen dollars and fifty cents. On the back of the receipt is a line of Chinese script.

Unidentified woman stands in front of a shop named "Chop Suey." The building pictured sits at 798 Palm St in downtown San Luis Obispo.

Photograph of Chinatown on Palm Street.

Photograph of Fred Louis sitting near the Mission San Luis Obispo.

The intersection of Chorro and Monterey is partially visible in the bottom right of the image.

Unidentified woman standing at corner of Monterey and Chorro near Mission San Luis Obispo.

Fred Louis standing on sidewalk at Chinatown on Palm Street.

Possibly Elsie Louis with an unidentified man. The couple poses in front of an 1930s-era Chevrolet.

Unidentified women standing on sidewalk.

Fred stands on the south side of Palm Street, across from the Ah Louis Store.

The woman appears to be wearing an apron for meal service or waiting tables. She may be a restaurant worker. A marquee sign reading 'Triangle' is reflected in the window behind her.

View of the Dewey Monument in Union Square San Francisco.

Cars, pedestrians, a lamp post, and a street sign indicating an intersection are in the foreground.

Unidentified man standing outside of a physician's office in San Francisco's Chinatown. The physician name reads 'Dr. Thomas A. Wong, Physician / Surgeon'.

People and dog standing in front of Sing Chong Chinese Bazaar.

The monument is viewed from the intersection of Grove Street and Hyde Street.

Fred Louis standing near intersection of Clay Street and Grant Avenue.

Fred Louis and unidentified woman standing in an area that may be Chinatown in San Francisco.

Louis stands on the automobile deck of the ferry, with a stairway leading to the Upper Deck behind him.

The Ferry Building and the Knights Templar building can be seen, as well as a clock tower.

View of the northeast of the Mission Gardens and Mission College Prep. Photo taken from the San Luis Obispo Mission Bell Tower when it was a wooden steeple.

Believed to be Young Louis and Stella Louis standing next to a car in front of the same building in 167-6-e-19-03-02 (see other image for more context).

Cerro San Luis is in the background

People are standing outside the Mission's door and on the stairs chatting after a service finished.

A sign for the Blackstone Hotel and its free garage hangs behind the two women. Approximately the southeast corner of the intersection of Chorro and Monterey.

Unidentified woman sitting in front of a young man standing.

The landscape is possibly in Arizona, near the Grand Canyon.

Mrs. J. E. Louis poses as an unidentified man looks underneath the automobile. The automobile is parked on a city street.