A 4x5 transparency looks down a central aisle towards the open door of a food shop in San Francisco's Chinatown. A dark-haird woman is walking through the doorway; behind her and across the street, a neon sign annouces The Empress Fine Arts above another open door. In the subject shop, wooden bins of salted fish wrapped in plastic, ginger root, and dried foods line the aisle. The left wall is covered by strings of dried sausages and other cured meats hanging on hooks and ristras of dried peppers. A scale for weighing food is visible with a hook holding string bags next to it. More meat hangs from hooks in the front window, and a large handsaw hangs behind them. On the right side, a long countertop with closed drawers is topped by a stack of sheets of newsprint with a weight on top, a manual cash register, a tape dispenser, and a pencil holder. Bunches of clean white towels hang above the counter along with other items. A large wire basket holds what appear to be heads of garlic. The right wall of the shop is made up of a grid of small glass-fronted cabinets. A man is seated behind the cash register. Handwritten on the envelope: Interior of Shop, Chinatown, S. F.