Polk's San Francisco (San Francisco County, Calif.) city directory, 1951, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1951
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : R.L. Polk & Co.
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SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY

1951

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GENERAL INDEX

Page

Abbreviations

44 and

Advertisers* Index

Advertising Department

. opposite 1436

Alphabetical List of Names

1564

Apartment Buildings

1569

Associations and Societies

1582

Buildings-Office and Public

1583

Bus Lines

1561

Business Directory

. opposite

1436

Cemeteries

1587

Churches

1151

City Government

1561

Classified Business Directory

593

Clubs

1595

Consuls-Foreign

1151

County Government

1436

Directory Library

1245

District Courts of Appeal

1324

Federal Government Officers

1152

Fire Department

Firm Abbreviations

1611

Fraternity Houses

1617

Golf Clubs and Courses

1621

Halls

1623

Homes and Asylums

1623

Hospitals and Dispensaries

Index to Advertisers

Introduction

1643

Libraries

1151

Municipal Courts

1657

Museums

1325

Navy Department

1661

Organizations

1668

Parks and Playgrounds

152

Police Department

Postal Delivery Zone Guide.

1325

Postoffice Department

1689

Schools-Parochial

1689

Schools-Public

1690

Schools and Colleges

245

State Officers and Boards

Statistical Review

Street and Avenue Guide .

1151

Superior Courts

1245

Supreme Court

1324

United States Courts and Officers

1324

War Department

Buyers' Guide

1585

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION

Page

Abbens Confidential Service Ainslie Fred G.

40 79

Alaimo Co Realtors. left side lines and 104

Ames, Harris, Neville Co .. left side lines and 16 Golden Gate College . left side lines and 117

Anchor Realty right side lines and 96 Granat Bros.

Anderson C A Funeral Parlors

Gray N & Co

backbone, left top lines and 46 Green & Kaufmann left top lines, 76 and 100

Anthony Earle C Inc. .right top lines and 3 Greer Realty Co Inc. .right top lines, 76 and 101

Armstrong's U-Drive right side lines and 14 Grisez Charles J Co

Atkins Robert S Co . left side lines and 28 Halsted & Co. right top lines and

Auto-Rite Service.

Baker W B & Co Inc . top edge, right side lines, A and 123 Ball Grace Secretarial Coliege. right top corner cards and 116 Bay Connties Escrow Co right top lines and 120

Bentzen's Mrs Danlsh Cookie Co

left side lines and

Berry Berl Motors Inc ... right bottom lines and 11

Blyth & Co Inc .. right bottom lines and 19

Boxer's M Studio of Hair Artistry

58 96

Brandell Jay Co The ..

Brandt W B & Co Inc.

Brown Chas & Sons Inc.

Brown W D Co .. right side lines, 79 and 109

Brush Slocumb & Co. . right side lines and 25

Buckbee Thorne & Co .. . right top corner cards and 109 California Casualty Indemnity Exchange 79 32 California Collection Agency

California Pacific Title Insurance Co. right side lines and 120

California Savings & Loan Co right bottom lines and 115

Carew & English Inc . left side lines and 45

Cervetto Joe Co left side lines and 123 C

Chamber of Commerce. Chronicle Publishing Co

Cimino J Jr Co. .... right top corner cards, 79 and Citizens' Federal Savings & Loan Assn.

. left top lines and 116

City of Paris .front cover, right top lines and 33

City Realty Co

99 front cover, right top corner cards, 75 and City Title Insurance Co. .left top lines and 121 Coldwell Banker & Co . bottom edge, left bottom lines and

Columbia of San Francisco 29 and 37

Commercial Union Group. . right bottom lines and 64

Community Credit Control

Conrad Bruce & Co.

left side lines and 29 25 24 37

Consolidated Investments Inc ... left side lines and Cosgrave Cloak & Suit Co ... . left bottom lines and Credit Bureau The back cover and 30 3I

Creditors Service Bureau

Croal George Bowles left side lines and 109

Crocker H S Co Inc left side lines and 84 Mutual Realty System. .right side lines and 10G

Cummings John T .left top lines and 109

Dean Witter & Co. back cover and 20 59

Del Monte Lodge. Denault & Co. teft bottom lines and 24 38 58

Dohrmann Commercial Co

Dohrmann Hotel Supply Co Dreamland Bedding Co left top lines and 89

Elworthy & Co .right bottom lines and Evergreen Mortuary. .insert at Classified Business Section

Fairmont Hotel

Farnsworth & Ruggles Inc. Finn John Metal Works.

Fireman's Fund Insurance Co ... . . back cover and Foster & Kleiser Co left side lines and 2 Olson Leroy Co.

French J E Co

right side lines and 13 O'Neal Mildred right side lines and

4º

Wholesalers Adjustment Bureau .. . front cover and William & Frederick Motors. .. left bottom liues and Witter Dean & Co . back cover and 20

General Fireproofing Co The. Gensler Lee Jeweler. right side lines and

83 |Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Page

Gilmore Don right bottom lines and 4

Pacific Greyhound Lines . left bottom lines and 28

Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co 78

Pacific Pump & Supply Co .. .left top lines and 96 Paramount Properties .left side lines and 112

Patrick and Moise-Klinkner Co 119

Pearl Assurance Co Ltd front cover, left top lines and 71

Phillips Pest Control 94 45

Podesta Baldocchi

Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia 17

Pone & Talbot Lines 117

Poyner & Co Inc. . back cover and 48

R C A Communications Inc. 119

Rainier Brewing Co .right top lines and 26

Ransohoffs Inc right bottom lines and 38

Recorder Printing & Publishing Co-The Sunset

Press. . left side lines and 95 52 27

Redlick-Newman Co.

Kegal Amber Brewing Co. .right top lines and

Retailers Credit Association hack cover and 30

Royal-Liverpool Group The. left top lines and 72

Rucker-Fuller Co. ... right top corner cards and 93

Safe Realty Co . right top corner cards and 107

Salvation Army The. . left side lines

San Francisco Bank The. front edge and 19

San Francisco Chronicle ..

San Francisco News The

Schmidt Lithograph Co left side lines and

Seares Edwin C Realtor

.right side lines and 107

Security Realty Co ...

right top corner cards and 108

68 Speley & Co. left bottom lines and 73

right bottom lines and

Sommer & Kaufmann left bottom lines and I18

Standard Oil Co of California

Stor-It and Borrow Bank

front cover, right bottom lines and 85

Sullivan Awning Co . right side lines and 15

Swett & Crawford . left top lines and 74

TesInck ('o. left bottom lines, 81 and 112

Thomas G W Drayage & Rigging Co.

back cover and 41

3IcKee Sam & Co ...

Menzies Harold Inc .. .right bottom lines and

Meyer Milton & Co .. right top corner cards and 106

Miles Harvey & Co

Mission Realty Co. right side lines and 111 'Traner-Small Co Inc. 108

Monteverde & Parodi Inc . front cover and 157 Trevor & Co. right top corner cards and 102

Turner N T Co 83

United Undertakers.

8 New York Underwriters Insurance Co. . left side lines and SO Valente, Marini, Perata & Co. right bottom lines and 51 Northern Counties Title Insurance Co Van Ness Motors Inc. left bottom lines and 14 .right top lines and 121 Northern Life Insurance Co. SI Vignati-Frank Land & Realty Corp right side lines and 103 Vogel Les Chevrolet Co. right top lines, 9 and 122 Vippert Paul MI Co .. back cover and 70 Van Etta Motors

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co of Mil- waukee. right bottom lines

Waters James F Inc. . . right top lines and

Weill Raphael & Co .. right bottom lines and

Weinstein Co Inc. right bottom lines and 39 86 61

Whitcomb Hotel.

44 White House The. right bottom lines and 36

Gantner-Maison-Domergue 49 Owl Drug Co The left side lines and

Page

Gladding McBean & Co. left bottom lines and 113

Glens Falls Insurance Co 66

13 Hannaford & Talbot .... right top corner cards and

Hanson Harlow. .left side lines and 110

Harlow School of Real Estate

Harrigan, Weidenmuller Co.

Hartford Fire Insurance Co ..... left side lines and Haslett Warehouse Co.

123 114

Hermann Safe Co The.

Heyman Brothers Inc. right top lines, 80 and

Home Indemnity Co

Home Insurance Co

Home Mutual Savings & Loan Assn .left top lines and

Hotel Mark Hopkins

Hotel StFrancis

Hotel Sir Francis Drake

Hotel Whitcomb ..

Hughson Wm L Co Inc.

left top lines and 5

Hulting F B Co .. left top lines and 1II

Hunter & Hunter Agency.

front cover, right bottom lines and 68 San Francisco Examiner

Hurst James Co right top lines and 105

Imperial Motors

Iudex Underwriters Inc.

Ingold Ernest Co .right top lines and 6

James Motors Inc right bottom lines and 12

Kansas City Life Insurance Co

.front cover, right bottom lines and Krout and Schneider.

97 Liberty Mutual Insurance Co

right bottom lines and 80 Sloane W & J. left top lines and 53

Londou Assurance The

Madison & Burke right top lines and 105

Mark Hopkins Hotel

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co

left side lines and

McAlister James W Inc .right top lines and

-100

MicAvoy O'Hara Co .. .insert at Classified Business Section

Title Insurance & Guaranty Co. .right top lines and 122

Toich M M Garage.

Tower Employment Agency front cover and 43

National Fire Insurance Co of Hartford left top lines and 69

62 42 B 65 Oles Realty Co

Northwestern National Casualty Co 81

Northwestern National Insurance Co. O'Brien MI F & Co left side lines and 81 Western Mortgage Corp . left top lines and

93 Pacific Coast Adjustment Co left side lines and 29 55 Y MI C A Hotel left side lines and 63

60 62 63 61

StFrancis Hotel

90 91 92 84 23

Sears Roebuck and Co.

40 Shuman Agnew & Co

Sir Francis Drake Hotel.

Livingston Bros. .left bottom lines and 34 77

Magnin I & Co right top lines, 35 and 54 60 Suhr & Wieholdt Inc . left bottom lines and 50

. right side lines and 11 79 Schwabacher & Co .left top lines and

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

right side lines and back cover and 75 58

110 104 77

110 47 29 Pope & Talbot Inc.

INTRODUCTION

R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Directories, present to sub- scribers and the general public, this, the 1951 edition of the Crocker-Langley San Francisco City Directory.

Confidence in the continued growth of San Francisco's industry, population and wealth, and in the advance- ment of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting San Francisco to the world.

The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the San Fran- cisco Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.

Five Major Departments

The five major departments are arranged in the following order :---

THE POSTAL ZONE GUIDE, on white paper, appears in pages 17 to 19. This section is reproduced verbatim from copy supplied by the postal authorities.

THE STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on white paper, is embraced in pages 21 to 38.

THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 45 to 1435, on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of San Francisco, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city. A special feature of this section is the designation of tenant- owned homes.

THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 124, on goldenrod paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, commercial and professional interests of San Francisco. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference ad- vertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a great metropolis and port city like San Francisco, the necessity of having this kind of information immedi- ately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.

THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 1561 to 1704, on yellow paper. This depart- ment lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.

Municipal Publicity

The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a port, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Direc- tory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of San Francisco.

The San Francisco Directory Library

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the San Francisco City Directory, a Directory Library is main- tained in their offices at 604 Mission St., for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 600 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.

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.

SAN FRANCISCO

"CENTER OF WESTERN INDUSTRY, TRADE AND COMMERCE"; "THE NATION'S WESTERN CAPITAL"

(Prepared by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce)

STATISTICAL REVIEW

Form of Government-Combined city and county, board of supervisors.

Population-1940 U. S. Census, 634,536; 1950 pre- liminary U. S. Census, 760,753. Predominating national- ities of foreign-born residents: Italian, German, Irish, English, Canadian and Chinese.

Area-44.82 square miles.

Altitude-Sea level to 933.6 feet city datum.

Climate-Average temperature, 56.5 degrees F. Daily mean maximum, 62.6 degrees F. Daily mean minimum, 50.4 degrees F.

Parks-49; also 44 playgrounds and 33 school yard playgrounds. Total acreage, 3,434.

Assessed Valuation-$1,557,848,343, all property, with $6.29 tax rate (1950-51).

Funded Debt-$169,275,000 (June 30, 1950).

Financial Data-18 banks, 13 under State super- vision, and 5 national banks. Total deposits, $9,309,614,953 (1950); resources, $10,133,309,844 (1950); debits to in- dividual accounts, $30,906,042,000 (1950) ; clearings, $21,- 982,689,000 (1950); time deposits, $4,113,884,048 (1950); demand deposits, $5,195,730,905 (1950).

Postal Receipts-$24,183,789 (1950).

Telephones in Service-441,299 (1950).

Churches-353.

Building and Construction-Value of building per- mits, $78,608,385; number, 9,557 (1950).

Industry-Number of units, 2,172 (1949). Total em- ployees, 70,000 (1950).

Trade-Territory (retail) includes 2,700,000 people (1950) within the 9-county area covering San Francisco Bay. Metropolitan Area jobbers can serve over 4,500,000 people in northern California. Many firms distribute to the 11 Western states, as San Francisco is Western head-

quarters for hundreds of companies with national dis- tribution.

Hotels-516, with total of 50,308 guest rooms, third highest in nation.

Transportation-Converging in San Francisco are 4 Class I railroads operating more than 27,000 miles of line. There are numerous trade routes served by the steamships calling at San Francisco. There are more than 40 common-carrier truck lines, several transcontinental bus services and 13 major air lines of the world. San Fran- cisco Airport reported 1,197,694 passengers in and out during 1950.

Amusements-Approximately 95 theatres, with total seating capacity of about 88,000 persons. Largest audi- torium in city seats about 12,000 persons.

Hospitals-27 (A. M. A. accredited).

Education-196 public schools, including 10 junior high and 9 senior high schools. There also are many parochial and diocesan schools. Number of pupils en- rolled in public schools, 177,581 (1949) ; in private schools, 14,000 (est.)

Public Libraries-More than 610,000 volumes.

City Statistics-Total street mileage, 914.36, with 782.75 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 1,163.2; sewers, 800. Local transit lines serve 267.67 miles of street, and 10.3 miles are served by cable lines. Storage capacity of water supply, 187,633,000,000 gallons.

CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT SAN FRANCISCO BAY INDUSTRIAL AREA

April, 1940

June, 1948

Industry Group

Percent Number

Agriculture, forestry, fishing

2.72

15,500

1.80

16,000

Construction

4.62. '

26,300

6.79

60,500

Government

9.08

51,700

12.70

113,200

Manufacturing

20.40

116,200

19.83

176,700

Mining

0.23

1,300

0.15

1,300

Trade, service and finance

52.34

298,100

47.62

424,300

Transp., communication and utilities ..

10.61

60,400

11.11

99,000

Total

100.00

569,500

100.00

891,000

FF HOUSE

Cliff House

INTRODUCTION

HISTORY

San Francisco is located centrally on the coast in 37° 47' 22-25" n. latitude and 122° 25' 40-76" w. longitude. It is situated on a peninsula bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on 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 933.6 feet city datum. The city covers an area of 44.82 square miles and is built principally on hills. The population as of April 1, 1940, was 634,536 (U. S. Census). The preliminary figure of the 1950 U. S. Census is 760,753.

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 San Francisco Bay. The San Carlos was the name of the ves- sel.

Years before, however, Sir Francis Drake had 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 Col. 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 them- selves in and about San Francisco. They started a settle- ment 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.

In 1846 the United States declared war on Mexico, and on July 9 of that year, Capt. John B. Montgomery, of the U. S. Navy, arrived in the Sloop-of-War "Ports- mouth" and raised the American flag in what is now Portsmouth Square; thus without great excitement San Francisco passed from Spanish to Mexican and, finally, American, rule.

Probably San Francisco's greatest excitement came with the discovery of gold in 1848. People rushed here by every known mode of transportation and in thous- ands. The population increased rapidly and the port became the most important on the Pacific Coast, which position it has steadily maintained.

Because of the number of lawless individuals here during the 1850's the citizens organized the Vigilance Committee and after a short campaign succeeded in ridding the city of the lawbreakers.

GOVERNMENT

San Francisco has a consolidated City and County government, with legislative powers vested in a board of supervisors of eleven members, five and six being elected every two years for four-year terms. The Mayor. Treasurer, Assessor, City Attorney, Public Defender, District Attorney, Sheriff, and Superior and Municipal Court Judges are elected by the people and serve terms of four years. The Mayor receives $20,000 a year. The Chief Administrative Officer, appointed by the Mayor but thereafter having permanent tenure, receives $18,000 per annum. The Controller, appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Supervisors, also has tenure. The Mayor appoints members of and supervises police, fire, civil service, public utilities, park and recrea- tion, welfare, library and city planning boards or com- missions, and may remove his appointees except civil service, public utilities and welfare commissioners. The Mayor also has a power of veto over legislation.

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Author: R.L. Polk & Co Publication date: 1951 Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : R.L. Polk & Co. Number of Pages: 1710

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1951
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1710