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    Posted 5 years ago

    ho2cultcha
    (5051 items)

    These are just a few of the many, many interesting things i found in those card file cabinets i bought for my seeds. The cabinets were owned by a Dr. Richard Fong who was the son of Fong Wan - a very famous Chinese herbalist and multi-millionaire nightclub owner in San Francisco. If you google him, he was quite an interesting character. There were thousands of business cards in the cabinets - including many doctors, mayors, community leaders from all over - even Tahiti! some really fascinating things too. Check out the third picture which shows the breakdown of his father's monetary worth in 1941.

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    1. jscott0363 jscott0363, 5 years ago
      This is so very interesting ho2cultcha. Such a great find!!
    2. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 5 years ago
      thank you jscotto!

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