Polk's Crocker-Langley San Francisco city directory, 1937, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: San Francisco, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1804

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Phone DOaglas

2561

MICK LUMBER CO. STREET San Francisco, Cal. Manufacturing and Wholesale Lumber CHAS. R. MeCOF 461 MARKET

LIQUEUR GALLIANO

100-110 Broadway

MONTEVERDE & PARODI, INC. IMPORTERS-FOOD PRODUCTS-EXPORTERS WINES AND LIQUORS

Telephone SU tter 1175-1176-1177 San Francisco (See page 37, Buyers' Guide)

LIQUEUR STREGA

Wells Fargo Union

Wells Fargo Bank and Union Trust Co.

Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. 2 Offices: Since 1852 Market at Montgomery Street Market at Grant Avenue THE OLDEST BANK IN THE WEST

PEARL ASSURANCE COMPANY, Ltd. OF LONDON, ENGLAND

EUREKA-SECURITY Fire & Marine Insurance Company

MONARCH FIRE Insurance Company, Cleveland, Ohio

PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT ALFRED L. MERRITT, Meneger

DAVID A. BARRY, Assistant Manager 200 BUSH STREET Tel. DO uglas 8400 SAN FRANCISCO

E. A. PIERCE & CO. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE · SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE AND OTHER LEADING SECURITY AND COMMODITY EXCHANGES STOCKS · BONDS · COTTON · GRAIN DIRECT PRIVATE WIRE TO LEADING MARKETS

301 MONTGOMERY ST., SAN FRANCISCO . PHONE EX BROOK 2311 HOME OFFICE: 40 WALL ST., NEW YORK PACIFIC COAST OFFICES: SAN FRANCISCO - LOS ANGELES - PASADENA - PORTLAND - SEATTLE - SPOKANE

THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

RICHARD J. SHIPLEY, General Ägent

564 MARKET STREET

(NO BROKERAGE)

TEL EX BROOK 4485

GArfield 1346

W. W. HEALEY Notary

William Healey & Son

Insurance Brokers and Surety Bonds

208 Crocker Building

620 Market Street

See Page 50 Buyers' Guide

CYPRESS LAWN MEMORIAL PARK

Cemetery, Crematory, Mausoleum and Columbarium Box L, Colma, San Mateo Co., California

Phone: RA adolph 0580

FOR REFERENCE

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PEARLS DIAMONDS WATCHES GOLD JEWELRY SILVERWARE, STATIONERY LEATHER GOODS

SHREVE, TREAT& EACRET ONE THREE-SIX GEARY STREET

John Finn Metal Works

384 SECOND STREET

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

BRANCHES

554 South San Pedro Street

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A standard of cleanliness maintained by rigid regu- lation and frequent inspection.

FACTORY SPECIFIED LUBRICATION

Based upon recommendations of motor car manu- facturers and offered by trained men with latest equipment.

ASSOCIATED MOTOR-CHECK SERVICE

Special analysis and adjustment to achieve highest mechanical efficiency of cars using Associated Avia- tion Ethyl gasoline.

CYCOL MOTOR OIL AND GREASES

Made to assure maximum lubrication protection of modern high-speed motor cars.

ASSOCIATED AVIATION ETHYL GASOLINE

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POLK'S CROCKER-LANGLEY SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY 1937

Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Street and Avenue Guide and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character

ALSO

A BUYERS' GUIDE

and a Complete CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY FOR DETAILED CONTENTS SEE GENERAL INDEX

PRO

SONO JBLICO

ANIZE

1898

DIREIDURCHDIRE

DIRECTORY

IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN

BUYER ... SELLER"

Nº 2328

PUBLISHER'S NOTE

The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.

The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the correctness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors and omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.

The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their atten- tion of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next issue of the Directory.

R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers.

GENERAL INDEX

Page

Abbreviations

Advertising Department

opposite 1548

Alphabetical List of Names

Apartment Houses

1552

Associations, Clubs and Societies

1557

Buildings, Blocks and Halls

1576

Business Directory

1549

Buyers' Guide

. opposite 1548

Cemeteries

1582

Churches

1246

City Government

1549

Clubs

1592

Consular Officers

1246

County Government

Directory Library

1352

District Courts of Appeal

457

Federal Government Officers

1247

Fire Department

1702

Homes and Sanitariums

1625 1626

Hospitals

Index to Advertisers

Introduction

1246

Municipal Courts

1641

Labor Organizations

1650

Libraries and Reading Rooms

1675

Parks and Playgrounds

1129

Piers

1247

Police Department

Postoffice Department

459

Public Library

1247

Societies, Clubs, Associations, Bureaus, Charitable and Civic Organizations

1557

Societies-Secret and Fraternal

1702

State Officers and Boards

1351

Statistical Review

10-14

Street and Avenue Guide

17-34

Superior Courts

1352

Supreme Court

Trade and Labor Organizations

1641

United States Courts and Officers

457

Wharves

1129

1579

Classified Business Directory

1589

Fraternal Organizations

Population

1246

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

(Page numbers below refer to Buyers' Guide opposite page 1548)

Granat Bros. left bottom lines and 57

Great Western Collection Bureau ... 26

Acme Breweries 21 Griffith-Durney Co. . left side lines and 22 Acme Credit & Adjustment Bureau . right side lines and 25 Grisez Chas J Co .. back cover, left bottom lines and 65

Allen Bruce M & Co.

top edge and 42

American Trust Co.

Ames Harris Neville Co. left side lines and Anderson C A. .left top lines and 35 Anglo California National Bank 9

Anthony Earle C Inc .. left side lines and 4

Armory Steam Baths

. left bottom lines and 71

Associated American Distributors.backbone and

Associated Credit Exchange of San Francisco .... 25 Heald College. . Classified Tab Insert

Henley & Scott .. left bottom lines and 51 Hermann Safe Co. .

. right side lines and classified tab insert Hesthai Wm J. . left side lines and 56

Hicklin Benjamin H. Classified Tab Insert

Home Insurance Co of New York.back cover and 45 Howard Automobile Co .... . right side lines and 4 Hotel Whitcomb 39 Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. . . left bottom lines and 54 Prudential Insurance Co of America. right bottom lines and 54

Rauer's Law & Collection Co ... left top lines and 28 Recorder Printing & Publishing Co .left side lines and 63 Reliance Life Insurance Co .... left side lines and 54 Retailers Credit Assn. . right side lines and 29 Rollins E H & Sons. . 21 Roos Bros. .left bottom lines and 24

Royal-Liverpool Groups. ... left top lines and 41

Salvation Army . left top lines and opp Inside Back Cover 14

San Francisco Bank.

San Francisco Grading Co. .right bottom lines and 36

Seeley & Co.

47 .right side hines and Shreve, Treat & Eacret right bottom lines and 25 Star Outfitting Co ... Selix Clothing Co 24 Inside Front Cover

Stater Glen C Inc ..

left side lines and

Steiger & Kerr Stove & Foundry Co .right top lines and 71 Stockton Fire Brick Co .. .. right bottom lines Strassburger & Co .. right side lines and 21 Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada .. right side lines and 55

McAlister James W Inc.

. .. left side lines and

Swett & Crawford

Swiss Diamond Palace

Tide Water Associated Oil Co .... opo Title Page Traders Credit Corp ... . . left side lines and 28

Trainer & Parsons. .. right bottom lines and 6 tum Suden & tum Suden 58 Monteverde & Parodl Inc. . front cover and 37 Morgen Jewelry Co.backbone, right side lines and 56 Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co .. left side lines and 51

Union Central Life Insurance Co .left side lines and 55 Union Lithograph Co. 59

National Fire Insurance Co of Hartford. .right bottom lines and 46 Waters James F. . left side lines and 6 Weill Raphael & Co .. right bottom lines and 31 Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co. front cover and 15 National Life Insurance Co of Montpelier, Vt ... . left side lines and 52 New England Mutual Life Insurance Co of Bos- ton. . left side lines and 52 Wentz & Eriln .right side lines and 48

Nixon's Educational Bureau

.right bottom lines and 70 Norris Beggs & Simpson ..... right side lines and 66 Northwestern Mutual Fire Assn . right top lines and 52 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co ... . front cover, left top lines and 46 Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd. .right top lines and 52

O'Brien M F & Blackman Co. . left side lines and 53 O'Connor Moffatt & Co ... .left top lines and 31 Office Towel Supply Co. . right top lines and 72 Olympic Hotel Co .. 38

Oregon Mutual Life Insurance Co . right side lines and 63 Overland Freight Transfer Co .. .right top lines and 34

Pacific Coast Adjustment Co. .left bottom lines and 28

Pacific National Bank. 13

Harris Z H. . left bottom lines and 72 Hartford Fire Insurance Co ... left side lines and 50 Hastings Clothing Co .right side lines and 24 Hale Bros Stores Inc right top lines and 31 Hancock John Mutual Life Insurance Co. 50 Pacific Pipe Co. 62 Pacific Pump & Supply Co ..... left top lines and 63 Patrick & Moise-Klinkner Co. .. left top lines and 71 Pearl Assurance Co Ltd. Healey Wm & Son. . front cover and 50 .front cover, left top lines and 47 Pelicano-Rossi Floral Co .. right bottom lines and 33 Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. right top lines and 53

Baldwin & Howell. right side lines and 66 Bank of America National Trust & Savings Assn. 10 Bank of California National Assn. 11 Bankamerica Company ........ left top lines and 18 Bankers Life Co. .. right side lines and 49 Bankers & Shippers Insurance Co. 49

Bateman Wm. .. left bottom lines and 7 Industrial Credit Assn 26

Beaulieu Vineyard. .right bottom lines and 72 Billings Geo E Co .. right side lines and 49 Brandt W B & Co Inc. . back cover and 43 Brilliant B T Credit Jeweler. . . left side lines and 57 Brown Chevrolet Co .... ... left bottom lines and 4

California Artistic Metal & Wire Co. 55 California Credit Service Co .. 25 California Secretarial School 70

Canadian Fire Insurance Co. 50

Cantley James Roofing Co .. left bottom lines and 67 Carew & English Inc. back cover and 35 Carlisle A & Co. Upham & Rutledge Inc ..

.right bottom lines and 70

Cavalier Wm & Co. .left bottom lines and 20 City of Paris Dry Goods Co ... right top lines and 30 Coffin- Redington Co .. .right side lines and 32 Coldwell Cornwall & Banker .... bottom edge and 64 Columbia Outfitting Co ...... right side lines and 30 Colvin C A .. . right side lines

Commercial Union Group ..... right bottom lines Continental Insurance Co of New York

Crocker First National Bank .. ... backhone and 12 Crum & Forster . left side lines and 44 Cypress Lawn Cemetery Assn. ... front cover and 23

Degen L P Beiting Co 16 Deschler's, .left bottom lines and 61 Detective Service Bureau.right bottom lines and 32 Durham Dorothy School for Secretaries. .right top lines and 69

Eby Machinery Co. 60 Elworthy & Co .. right side lines and 20 Emporium The. .left top lines and 30 Engineering Societies Employment Service ... right top lines and 33

Farber Gus .left bottom lines and 3 Federal Outfitting Co .. 24

Finn John Metal Works .. opp Inside Front Cover Fireman's Fund Insurance Co .. 40 Foran Frank J Inc. ... right side lines and classified tab insert Foster and Kleiser Co ..... .left side lines and 3 Franciscan Hotel. .right bottom lines and 39 Frankiln Brokerage Co ... right bottom lines and 68 French J E Co .. .left side lines and 5

Gantner & Mattern Co .. 58 General Fireproofing Co ... .. . left side lines and 60 Giuriani A & Bro ... .. right side lines and 61 Glens Falls Insurance Co 45 Golden State College. right top lines and 69 Golden West Credit Exchange. 26 Goldman A S & Associates ..... left side lines and 26

Keyston & Co. . front edge and 18

Kocher Paul Adjustment Bureau. . left side lines and 27

Livingston Bros

Local Loan Co ..

.left top lines and 68

Madison & Burke 66

Magnin I & Co .. . right top lines and 58 Marchant Calculating Machine Co .. . back cover, right bottom lines and 22 Marra Waldo J Associates. right bottom lines and 70

McCormick Chas R Lumber Co. . front cover, left side lines and 60 McCormick Steamship Co ..... left side lines and 60 Mckesson & Robbins Inc. ... right side lines and 33 Metropolitan Mercantile Agency. 30 Meyer Milton & Co .. .right side lines and 65

Miller Revel & Co. 20

Mutual Credit Bureau ..

right bottom lines and 27

West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. 61 Western Cooperage Co .. .left top lines and 29 Western Pipe & Steel Co. .left side lines and 62

Western Service Corporation

.left top lines and 59

White Brothers.

right side lines and 59

White's Service

.right side lines and 36

William Taylor Hotel.

Williams Al Health System. . right side lines and 62

Witter Dean & Co.

.back cover and 19

Wolf & Company

.left side lines and 67

Young Men's Christlan Assn. right top lines and 3

Liberty Underwriters ..... right bottom lines and 51 Liebes H & Co. . right bottom lines and 36 31 Security Insurance Co of New Haven. . left bottom lines and 54

Lee Don. . left top lines and 5

Interstate Mercantile Agency. . left side lines and 27

Jamieson & Co. right side lines and 66 Johnson & Rettig Inc. 27

.. right side lines and 44 Cosgrave Cloak & Suit Co ..... left side lines and 23 Crane Co. 62 Mason Brothers. .back cover and 20 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co . left side lines and 51

California-Western States Life Insurance Co .. 43 Krout & Schneider Ltd .back cover and 32

Atkins Robert S Inc

. left side lines and 23

Atlas Assurance Co.

.right top lines and 42

Azevedo Bros. .

right side lines and 57

Perego Grace ..

right top lines. 53 and 67

Pierce E A & Co.

.front cover and 19

Podesta & Baldocchi

right top lines and 34

Procredit Co.

left side lines and 28

Gunn Carle & Co ... right side lines and 21

Accident and Casualty Insurance Company of Winterthur Switzerland 49

INTRODUCTION

R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of the San Francisco Directory, as well as more than 700 other city, county, state and national directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1937 edition of the San Francisco Directory.

Confidence in the growth of San Francisco's wealth, industry and population, and in the advancement of its municipal and social activities, will be created as sections of this directory are consulted, for the directory is a mirror truly reflecting San Francisco to the world.

The enviable place occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'s directories in offices, stores, libraries and homes throughout the country has been established by rendering the best in directory service. With an unrivaled organization, having the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and resi- dents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the San Francisco Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.

POPULATION

The estimated population of San Francisco is 849,431, based on the number of individuals' names in the alphabetical section of the directory, with due allowance for children and for women whose names are not listed separately from those of their husbands.

FOUR MAJOR DEPARTMENTS

The several essential departments are arranged in the following order :

THE STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE is embraced in pages 17 to 35; in this feature the names of all streets and avenues are arranged alphabetically, giving beginning and ending, and line of general direction.

THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, business firms and corporations is included in pages 37 to 1548.

THE BUYERS' GUIDE, opposite page 1548, printed on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of lead- ing manufacturing, business and professional interests of San Francisco. These pages will be found particularly interesting and instructive to substantial purchasing factors. The advertisements have been carefully grouped by departments and are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and, as such, merits a survey by all buyers anxious to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. The city's activities, in many interesting phases, are authentically pictured. In an ambitious and progressive community like San Francisco, the necessity of having this kind of information available is very great and, frequently, pressing. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the liberal support the city directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.

THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 1549 to 1718. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable epitome of the business interests of the community. "The Directory is the common intermediary between Buyer and Seller." As such it plays no small part in the daily doings of the business world. "More goods are bought and sold through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium."

MUNICIPAL PUBLICITY

The directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in truthful terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as an industrial site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference and serve as perpetual and reliable adver- tisements of San Francisco, for husiness men, everywhere, realize that the city directory represents a com- munity as it really is.

THE SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTORY LIBRARY

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the San Francisco City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the publishers at 604 Mission street, for free reference by the general public. This library is one of the system of more than 450 installed and operated in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada, under the supervision of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, of which R. L. Polk & Co. is a member.

The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the city directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.

R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers.

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SAN FRANCISCO-THE CITY OF HOSPITALITY

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CALLEIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY PICA NO 10.

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STATISTICAL REVIEW

Name of city, San Francisco.

Slogan or sub-phrase, "On the Median Line of Pacific Coast Population, Finance, Industry and Agri- culture."

Form of government, combined City and County, Board of Supervisors.

Population, 634,394 (1930 U. S .- official) ; 732,443, January 1, 1937 (Chamber of Commerce estimate).

Native white population : 441,583 (1930). 7 594 969 total native white.

Foreign born : White population-153.386 §

Colored population : Negro, 3803. Other races : 35,622.

White population of age : Males, 53 per cent ; females, 47 per cent.

Native born population (white) is 69.6 per cent of whole population.

Predominating nationalities in city are American, Italian, German, Irish, English, Canadian and Chinese. Area, 42.19 square miles. Altitude, sea level to 965 feet.

Average temperature, 56.1°. Daily mean maximum, 62.4°. Daily mean minimum, 50.2 .

Parks : 45, and 80 recreational centers.

Assessed valuation, $977,075,939; all property, with $3.784 tax rate (1936-1937). City's funded debt is $167,082,700 (July 1, 1936).

Financial: There are twenty-two banks, 17 under State supervision and 5 national banks, with total deposits of $2,336,773,742 (1935) ; resources, $2,599,364,528 (1935) ; debits to individual accounts, $9,567,- 839,000 (1935) ; clearings, $6,468,835,000 (1935) ; time deposits, $1,410,138.552 (1935) ; demand deposits, $926,635,190 (1935).

Post-Office receipts of $8,690.861 (1935).

SAN FRANCISCO-THE CITY OF HOSPITALITY

Telephones in service, 250,136 (1935).

Churches number approximately 294.

Building and construction : Value of building permits, $12,517,412 (1935).

Real estate transfers total 5839, valued at $41,400,358 (1935).

Industry : Number of establishments, 2263; employing 34,502 total wage-earners, paying wages of $47,- 321,255, and having products valued at $318,131,977 (1931 U. S. Mfrs. Census).

Trade: Territory (retail) serves 1,882,683 people within the trading area covering a radius of 75 miles. Jobbing territory serves 2.655.331 people within a radius of 250 miles. Many firms distribute to the 11 West- ern States, as San Francisco is Western headquarters for 1500 firms of national distribution.

Hotels : There are approximately 1500 hotels, with total accommodations of approximately 75,000 persons. Newest hotel was built in 1930.

City served by 3 transcontinental railroads, as follows: Southern Pacific, Western Pacific and Santa Fe. The Northwestern Pacific serves the North Coast of California. The city is also served by 171 steamship lines.

Amusements : There are approximately 76 theaters, with a total seating capacity of approximately 90,004 persons. Largest theater or auditorium seats about 12,000 persons.

Hospitals number 31.

Education : Number of schools, 176 public, including 22 high schools and a number of parochial and dio- cesan schools. Number of pupils enrolled in public schools, 103,730; in private schools, 14,000 (est.).

There are 470,467 volumes in the libraries of the city.

City Statistics : Total street mileage, 877 miles, with 677 miles paved. Miles of gas mains laid, 1005; of sewers, 97 miles, main trunk; street railway, 352.16 miles. Capacity of water works (municipal), 62,500,000,- 000 gallons.

SAN FRANCISCO (Prepared by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce)

HISTORICAL-San Francisco is located centrally on the coast in 37° 47' 22-25" N. Latitude and 122° 25' 40-76" WV. Longitude and situated on a peninsula bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the north and east by the Bay of San Francisco and on the south by wooded hills and fertile valleys. Its elevation extends from sea level to 965 feet. The city covers an area of about 42.19 square miles and is built principally on hills. The population as of January 1, 1937, amounted to 732,443.

The San Francisco Bay Region was discovered in July, 1769, by Don Gaspar de Portola's soldiers, who were seeking the Monterey Bay. In 1775 Don Manuel Ayala sailed the first ship through the Golden Gate into the San Francisco Bay. The San Carlos was the name of the vessel.

Years before, however, Sir Francis Drake brought his vessel, the Golden Hind, close to the Golden Gate and ran her ashore at what is now known as Drake's Bay. This was in 1579 and the first religious service in the English language was held on the Pacific Coast by the chaplain of the Golden Hind.

In 1776 a land expedition commanded by Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza arrived on the San Francisco peninsula and established the Presidio and the Mission Dolores. In 1777 Padre Junipero Serra, father of the California missions, arrived in San Francisco. The settlement was known as Yerba Buena until 1847, when it became San Francisco.

In 1806 the Russians attempted to establish themselves in and about San Francisco. They established a settlement at Fort Ross, near Santa Rosa, but after a few years gave it up, disposing of all movable fixtures and arms to Capt. John A. Sutter of Sacramento.

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Polk's Crocker-Langley San Francisco city directory, 1937, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co Publication date: 1930 Publisher: San Francisco, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co. Number of Pages: 1804

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: San Francisco, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1804