Chinese Apothecary, Chinatown, S....
One of only two known photographs of Quong Sang Tong’s apothecary shop at 900 Dupont Street, San Francisco, this one picturing the interior. This evocative photograph shows Tong and a young child (presumably Tong’s) standing before a doorway—flanked by two calligraphic scrolls—within his shop, an embroidered banner hanging overhead. Revealing.....
