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, seated
Local Identifier
167-6-a-09-02-09
Date Created
1933 to 1936
Description

Ah Louis, seated, reading Chinese-language newspaper. Most likely photographed in the interior of the Ah Louis Store, sometime between 1933 and 1936, after he returned from his last trip to China.

[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.

[Unidentified woman in San Francisco's Chinatown]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-35
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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.

[Dewey monument]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-41
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

View of the Dewey Monument in Union Square San Francisco.

[Russ building]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-42
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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

[Unidentified man]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-43
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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

[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.

[Man and woman next to car with luggage]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-03
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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).

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