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Description
Title from item. On back of item: "Before modernization". The photograph depicts the flagship location of National Dollar Stores, that Joe Shoong of Oakland developed into a large and lucrative regional chain after acquiring and renaming the Oakland Toggery. The original name is retained on the sign of a small shop adjacent to the successor store.
Department stores - California - Oakland - Pictorial works Chinese Americans in business - California - Oakland - Pictorial works Architecture, Victorian - California - Oakland - Pictorial works Retail trade - California - Oakland - History - Pictorial works National Dollar Stores, Ltd. - Pictorial works Oakland Toggery (Oakland, Calif.) - Pictorial works Money Back Smith Co. - Photographs
Place
Oakland (Calif.) - Buildings, structures, etc. - Pictorial works.
Source
Downtown Property Owners Association photo albums.
