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Guey Sam Menu
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Front cover and first two pages of Guey Sam menu, with the name of the restaurant in a red heart (characters) and a column-shaped decorative field (English letters) and seals with four Chinese characters, printed in red ink, on a mottled, textured card stock; an ornamental swag above the initials for the restaurant name and a rooster on the first page; and a listing of set price luncheon plates on the second.
circa 1960 -- 1969
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W014BXU
WHi 105140
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