Two Billhead Invoices to the Sun Sun Wo Company of Coulterville, California.
by (CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA)
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Sacramento/San Francisco: California Winery/J. A. Folger & Co., 1906-11. Two original invoices made out to the venerable California Gold Rush firm of Sun Sun Wo Company of Coulterville. The first is for a barrel of Port Wine form the California Winery of Sacramento (1906). The second is for a case of Golden State Coffee from J. A. Folger Company of San Francisco (1911). Both bear extensive note in Chinese kanji on the verso. Very good."The Sun Sun Wo Store is the lone remnant of one of the Mother Lode’s largest Chinatowns. Built in 1851, the store’s adobe walls were formed of soil which came from its basement excavation. Several inches of dirt were placed over the beamed ceiling which helped insulate those inside from winter cold and summer heat. It also made the ceiling fire resistant which accounts for the structure being one of the few buildings in Coulterville to survive the 1899 fire intact. The store is named after its original owners, Mow Da Sun and his son Sun Kow. It was the largest store in Coulterville under Chinese ownership, filling extensive orders from the surrounding mines and ranches, not just the local Chinatown. The store remained in continuous operation from 1851 to 1926 and the original shelves and counters are still inside. At the rear of the building are storerooms, a blacksmith shop and the store’s office. Strong evidence points to part of the office being used as an opium den." (Gold Country)
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74552
- Title
- Two Billhead Invoices to the Sun Sun Wo Company of Coulterville, California.
- Author
- (CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- California Winery/J. A. Folger & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Sacramento/San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1906-11
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.