The Mandarin letterhead and envelopes
notes: label: Description
content: Off-white letterhead and envelope with words in red. On the envelope in the upper left corne, the title of “the mandarin” appears and the address is displayed below “900 North Point Ghirardelli Square San Francisco, Ca. 94108.” On the letterhead, in the upper left corner, the title of “the mandarin” appears and the address and phone number appears right below “900 North Point Ghirardelli Square San Francisco, Ca. 94108 (415) 673-8812.”
label: Description
content: A letterhead is the heading at the top of a piece of stationary, usually signaling the name and contact information of the company. An envelope is the packaging stationery that encloses the letterhead. The letterhead was first known as “letter paper” in the late 19th century. In the beginning of the 20th century, letterheads were customized to fit typewriters. By the 1940s, many companies began to place their logos on letterhead.
label: Description
content: The Smithsonian holds several letterheads and envelopes from different locations of Mrs. Cecilia Chiang’s restaurant, The Mandarin. The letters and envelope signal a formal business culture and the reliance of correspondence through the post office. These letterhead and envelopes certainly take us back to a time before computers and the internet.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
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content: Food
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from Cecilia Chang
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0127.05b
label: accession number
content: 2013.0127
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0127.05b
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letterhead
label: Object Name
content: letterhead and envelope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: letterhead: 10 5/8 in x 8 1/8 in; 26.9875 cm x 20.6375 cm
label: Measurements
content: envelope: 4 1/8 in x 9 1/2 in; 10.4775 cm x 24.13 cm