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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[Two women, downtown San Luis Obispo]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-10
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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.

[Three women on sidewalk]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-13
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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

[Fred Louis and woman on sidewalk]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-17
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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

[Mission stable]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-19
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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

[Bear in chains on the sidewalk]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-25
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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

[Unidentified man seated in chair]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-26
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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 near the ocean]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-28
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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 on sidewalk]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-32
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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

[Construction project in bay]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-51
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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

[Unidentified woman]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-57
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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

[Fred and Elsie Louis]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-58
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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

[Unidentified group of young women]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-59
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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.

[Fred Louis in San Francisco's Chinatown]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-31
Date Created
1933 to 1934
Description

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'.

[Fred Louis]
Local Identifier
167-6-e-19-03-34
Date Created
1933 to 1934

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