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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[Pioneer Monument]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-49
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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

[Fred Louis on S.S. New Orleans ferry]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-55
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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

[View of the embarcadero from the bay]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-63
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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

[Mission bells above Mission garden]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-01
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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.

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