Street Scene. Chinatown, S.F., Cal. (B 3667)
Publication: San Francisco: Taber Photo. [ca. 1890].
Notes: An albumen silver print of Dupont Street in San Francisco with the Hang Fer Lo restaurant in the center.
This was the leading Chinese restaurant in San Francisco before the earthquake. It operated on two floors above Columbo & Co. Cigars, at 713 Dupont St., on the border of Little Italy and Chinatown. The Columbo sign is just legible in the image (it can be matched to Taber photo 4764, which offers a close-up view of the restaurant). This image includes the street-level sign in Chinese characters, which appears to offer vegetarian meals in addition to standard Chinese cuisine.
4-7/8 by 7-15/16 inches on a slightly larger modern(?) thin paper mount. Captioned in the negative in a narrow strip along the bottom of the image.
Edition + Condition: Two cracks in the image are colored in to minimize the breaks; the lower right corner of the image is a bit washed out. Good only.
Item No: #364052
Price: $150