Manuscripts

Leong family restaurants

Description: Items related to Chinese Garden and Soochow restaurants, including menus, publicity, receipts, licenses, and photographs. Some materials in Chinese.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1927-1950s
Call number: mssLeong
Provenance: Gift of Leslee See Leong, February 2020.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Wong, Tyrus.

Family businesses

Manuscripts

Business documents, publicity, advertising, correspondence, photographs, and other materials related to the Leong and See family businesses in Los Angeles Chinatown and elsewhere in the city. Includes items related to the See family's F. Suie One Co. and F. See On import business and antiques stores, and Dragon's Den restaurant, and the restaurants run by the Leong family: Chinese Garden and Soochow.

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Soochow and Dragon's Den

Manuscripts

Business documents, publicity, and promotional items related to Soochow and Dragon's Den restaurants. Includes a hand-drawn Soochow restaurant map, and material related to a flower exhibition designed by Eddy See.

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Dragon's Den and Chinese Garden ledgers

Manuscripts

Ledgers and account books for Chinese Garden (1919 to 1931) and Dragon's Den (1962 to 1972). Also Soochow business cards.

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Gilbert Leong and family oversize

Manuscripts

Several of Gilbert's drawings from art school and architecture school, and clippings from his exhibitions and architecture career. Awards from the City of Los Angeles and Chinese Historical Society. Also a See family tree and a draft of illustrated reminiscences from Richard See about growing up in Old Chinatown.

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Menus

Manuscripts

Collection materials span the entire history of the See and Leong families in the United States, from the late 19th to the early 21st century, including immigration documentation, business records, and family photographs and correspondence. Business records document the F. Suie One Co. antiques stores, and Dragon's Den, Chinese Garden, and Soochow restaurants. There are also photographs, clippings, and other materials related to the history and development of Los Angeles Chinatown, including the demolition of Old Chinatown, and the Chinese community in Los Angeles, including businesses, churches, and schools. The collection also includes significant original artwork by Chinese American artist Tyrus Wong.

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Manuscripts

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