Photo: Quon Mane interior, 1922; 5th location at 1159 Fifth Street (courtesy San Diego History Center)
90 Years in Business
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The original Quon Mane store existed in successive locations from 1888 to 1969. A La Jolla store, the first of several branches, opened in 1930 and survived into the 1980s.
The stores developed a loyal following during their eighty to ninety years of their existence. They sold what were originally called "fancy goods" or "art goods", or sometimes "curios" or "novelties", and that ranged over the years and at different stores from fireworks, fabrics and cheap trinkets to antique-quality ceramics and furniture.
Quon Mane was the rice bowl and boot camp for three generations of Quons--principally the descendants of Quon Mane and Quon Leon, but also the sons and occasionally daughters of other brothers and cousins, as well as many other employees.
Many of those who moved on from Quon Mane went into related and other retail businesses.
The stores developed a loyal following during their eighty to ninety years of their existence. They sold what were originally called "fancy goods" or "art goods", or sometimes "curios" or "novelties", and that ranged over the years and at different stores from fireworks, fabrics and cheap trinkets to antique-quality ceramics and furniture.
Quon Mane was the rice bowl and boot camp for three generations of Quons--principally the descendants of Quon Mane and Quon Leon, but also the sons and occasionally daughters of other brothers and cousins, as well as many other employees.
Many of those who moved on from Quon Mane went into related and other retail businesses.