Chinatown: Five Idols

The image on all the postcards on this page is Taber B 2699, "Chinatown, S.F. Cal. The Five Idols in the Holy of Holies in the Joss Temple of Long Gong", © 1887 by I.W. Taber. The original photo is likely by Carleton Watkins; Taber acquired Watkins' glass plate negatives in 1881. None of the postcards credit Taber.

Goeggel & Weidner 35, postmarked SF 5/28/1903. Goeggel & Weidner credit, AutoChrom logo, no 'California' top right, undivided back. Some Goeggel & Weidner cards indicate "Copyright Goeggel & Weidner, Publishers" (e.g., Goeggel & Weidner 1), but this just credits "Goeggel & Weidner, Publishers", perhaps because of the Taber copyright. The other Weidner cards above credit "Charles Weidner, Photographer", even though Weidner was not the photographer of this image.
Weidner 35, stock number typo '85' for '35', Weidner credit front left, AutoChrom logo, undivided back, caption "... in Holy of Holies..." rather than "... in the Holy of Holies...".
Weidner 35, postmarked SF 12/21/1908. Weidner credit front left, no AutoChrom logo, post-quake caption added, undivided back.
Weidner 35, credit moved to back, post-quake caption, divided back.

Catalog: Weidner shows one additional Weidner 35 variant: Weidner credit as 'Publisher' not 'Photographer', AutoChrom logo, no 'California', undivided back, postmarked SF 12/01/1904.