Advertising Circular for Q.W. Lung & Co, a Gift Shop in Boston's Chinatown

Boston: Ca 1920s-30s. Single leaf printed to recto only, 9 x 5.5", on pink paper, together with a business card. An advertising circular for Q.W. Lung & Co, a historic gift shop established in 1890 on Beach Street in Boston's Chinatown. The text lists a variety of goods imported from China, including chinaware, teakwood furniture, silk goods, Chinese teas, preserves, fruits, lichee, bamboo shoots, and more. Together with a business card for the company. Newspaper records indicate that the company was Chinese-American owned, managed by Wong Yea Sue, who "joined in the First Telephonic Conversation in a Foreign Tongue from Boston to San Francisco" (Boston Globe, 1/27/15). In nice condition with folding creases. Item #13756

Price: $350.00