The Mandarin letterhead and envelope
notes: label: Description
content: Off-white letterhead and envelope with black lettering. At the top of the letterhead, a line of black flowers goes across the letterhead, in the middle is a table with a black circle. Inside the circle features more flowers, a vase with Chinese characters, and “THE MANDARIN” written in gold letters. Underneath the line of flowers, written in black: “430 – N. CAMDEN DR. BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES, CA. 90210 Tel: (213) 272-0267.” On the bottom of the letterhead sheet appears another line of black flowers.
label: Description
content: On the envelope, in the upper left corner appears the logo of the circle in black, and inside the circle appears flowers, a vase with Chinese lettering, and “THE MANDARIN” written in gold letters. Underneath the logo is one straight thin black line that runs across the envelope, and underneath that line appears the address: “430 – N. CAMDEN DR. BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES, CA 90210.”
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: 2013.0127.05d
label: accession number
content: 2013.0127
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0127.05d
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letterhead and envelope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: letterhead: 11 1/16 in x 8 5/8 in; 28.09875 cm x 21.9075 cm
label: Measurements
content: envelope: 11 1/8 in x 9 1/2 in; 28.2575 cm x 24.13 cm