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Pond, Gardner P. Collection.

Collection Number: D-164

A hand-colored menu for a feast at the Imperial Palace Restaurant in San Francisco; watercolor on rice paper; print of the Chinese cooking god; unframed pen and ink; realia. Collector of books and ephemeral material relating to Chinese cooking methods.

Finding Aid

Finding Aid on the Online Archive of California

Inclusive Dates

19---19--.

Extent

1.8 linear feet

Subject

Food Processing and Manufacture

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