Louis Family Papers

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

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 (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.

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.

Three unidentified women standing on street. A sign in the far background may say "plating" or "Playing."

Unidentified woman standing on street in unidentified city.

Fred Louis and unidentified woman. The two are standing across the street from a church.

Adobe and Stone stable associated with the original grounds of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa.

Unidentified man and woman.

Cars drive by a bear that is wearing a metal harness and chains connected to a wooden platform. The bear appears to be taxidermal.

An unidentified man seated in a room. A magazine entitled 'World's Fair in Pictures' rests in a magazine stand next portrait sitter.

Unidentified woman standing on street.

The woman is wearing a hat and glasses, and is holding a large envelope or folder in one arm. She is standing in front of a large garden sculpture next to the beach.

Unidentified woman in fur stole standing on sidewalk. Sign in background may include the words "cross country".

Construction project may be in waters near San Francisco during ferry ride taken by Louis family members.

The address number of the house appears to be 125.

The woman is wearing a white top and dress while standing near a washing station.

In the background is Frank A. Gottstein Plumbing at 226 Eighth Street in Oakland, California, research suggests this was the Chinatown area in Oakland.

Four women standing in front of a store, possibly in San Francisco. Behind them in the window of the store is a poster for the NRA, or National Recovery Administration, which was established in 1933.

An awning behind Louis reads 'Chinese Curios,' and the trolley in the background is labelled as 'Sacramento & Clay Streets'. There is also a Chop Suey sign in the far background, and a shop sign reading 'W. Sang Lu[obscured], Wholesale and Retail'.

Old St. Mary's Cathedral and Sing Chong Import Co. on California Street near Grant Avenue, San Francisco Chinatown.