1930s Chinatown printers type specimen catalogue

Heading: (Chinese American)
Author:
Title: 1930s San Francisco Chinatown printers type specimen catalog
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Bock Ngar Chy Co., Printers
Date Published: ca. 1934
Description:

44 pages. Profusely illustrated. (Oblong 8vo) 8x5", original decorative wrappers, text in Chinese with some English.

The most prominent printing company in San Francisco, Chinatown was founded by a Chinese-American, born in San Francisco and educated in both Chinese and American schools who worked in his father's import-export business before starting his own firm of printers and stationers after the San Francisco earthquake and fire.

Several years ago, we sold a large archive of business papers of this Company from the 1920s, related to their purchases of ink, type, paper, stationery, etc. This catalogue, which is in remarkably good condition, displays the Company's own products and services,with a wide variety of typefaces and graphics for advertisements, calling cards, and other printing jobs as well as such products as rubberstamps and corporate stamping machines. The Chinese-owned businesses named in the illustrations were located not only in San Francisco, but also Sacramento, Reno, Denver, Minneapolis, Canada and Mexico.
Condition Report: Very Good.