Orient and Occident

Linen Postcard, Street Scene, Chinatown, San Francisco, Calif., originally uploaded by Mirabilia.

"Pictorial Wonderland" Stanley A. Piltz Company, San Francisco, Calif.

Caption on back reads:
Chinatown Street Scene
Where the East meets West - in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown, largest Chinese section in the world, outside of China. Here the Orient and the Occident blend in a galaxy of curved roofs, pagoda-like temples, and a strange mingling of American styles and Chinese stoicism.