Polk's San Francisco (San Francisco County, Calif.) city directory, 1954, Part 1

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Publication date: 1953
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GENERAL INDEX

Abbreviations

20 and

Advertisers' Index

Advertising Department .

2116

Alphabetical List of Names

Apartment Buildings

2117

Banks and Trust Companies.

2127

Buildings-Office and Public

2133

Bus and Coach Lines

2134

Buyers' Guide

preceding Classified Section

Cemeteries

2137

Churches

241

City and County Offices.

2113

Classified Business Directory

2142

Clubs

2144

Consuls-Foreign

2146

Convents

241

County Offices

489

District Courts of Appeal

489

Federal Government Offices

242

Fire Department

2159

Fraternity and Sorority Houses

2164

Golf Clubs and Courses

489

Halls

2169

Homes and Asylums

2169

Hotels

. following Postal Zone Guide

Introduction

2186

Libraries

opposite 2192

Municipal Courts

2197

Museums

490

Navy Department

2198

Newspapers

2200

Organizations

2206

Polce Department

490

Post Office Department

2216

Railroads

2226

Savings and Loan Associations

2227

Schools-Parochial

2227

Schools-Public

2226

Schools and Colleges

1183

Stale Offices

Statistical Review

following Postal Zone Guide

242

Superior Courts

1184

Supreme Court

United States Postal Zone Guide .

. following Alphabetical Section

490

War Department

2169

Householders' Directory

Index to Advertisers

Manufacturers' Department

242

Paiks and Playgrounds

242

Government Offices

2168

Hospitals and Dispensaries

2135

Airports

preceding Classified Section

Page 21

Street and Avenue Guide.

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION

Page

Evergreen Mortuary

.insert at beginning Classified Section

Executone Co of Northern California.

left side lines and 79

Exposition Fish Grotto.

. back cover and

F & L Van Lines Inc. .left side lines and

86 Farber Gus. right side lines and

Farnsworth & Ruggles Draying & Warehousing ... Farrell Jim Realty Co. left side lines and Fielding Hotel

Finn John Metal Works The.

B and

First Western Bank & Trust Co.

Foster and Kleiser Co. .left side lines and Franciscan Hotel

Frank's Garden Shop & Pet Supplies.

.left side lines and 49

Fraser & Johnston Co.

right side lines and

Bernstein's Fish Grotto ..

.right side lines and

Friendly Cab Co.

.right side lines and 104

Blyth & Co Inc.

right bottom lines and

Brandenburg Melford F.

.right side lines and

Gantner-Maison-Domergue.

front cover and

G & M Sales.

right side lines and

Gartland Hotel.

right side lines and

General Fireproofing Co The.

General Office Equipment Co .. .. left side lines and

Gilmore Don.

right bottom lines and

Gladding McBean & Co

left bottom lines

Glens Falls Insurance Co. Golden Gate College. left side lines and 100

Goodwill Industries of San Francisco Inc.

right side lines and 103

Gray N & Co.

right bottom lines and

Greer Realty Co left side lines and

Cash Realty Co.

left side lines and

Halsted & Co

.ight top lines and

Cervetto Joe Co. left side lines and 112 Charles' Venetian Blind Service. . left side lines and 111

Chinatown Real Estate Co ....... left side lines and 8'7 Citizens Federal Savings & Loan Assn.

front edge, left top lines and

City of Paris. 31

City Realty Co.

City Title Insurance Co. .left top lines and 107

City Wide Lock Service .right side lines and 96

Coldwell Banker & Co.

.bottom edge, left bottom lines and

84 34

Columbia of San Francisco.

Consolidated Western Steel Division of United States Steel Corp. right side lines and 104 Cook H & M Co. .right side lines and

Credit Bureau The. . back cover and

Creditors Service Bureau

Davis Realty. left side lines and 88 Dean Witter & Co. 17 11.

DeGuire & Son .. left side lines and

Del Monte Lodge. left top lines and 53 La Estrellita Mortuary .rght side lines and

Denault & Co. left bottom lines and 15

Dilling Charles & Co .left side lines and 70

Doctors & Nurses Outfitting Co Inc ..

left side lines and 110 .left side lines and

Doelger Henry Builder Inc.

Dohrmann Hotel Supply Co Dohrmann's 34 MacPhee Realty

D'Orazi Investment Co. right side lines and 88 Madison & Burke. rght side lines and

Dorothy's Salon. left side lines and 103

Driscoll's Mortuary Chapel. 43

Edwards Roma. front cover and 3

El Drisco Hotel. .left bottom lines and 57

El Portal Cafe and Cocktail Lounge. . left side lines and 95

Elworthy & Co. .right bottom lines and 18

Page

AAA Venetian Blind Laundry .... left side lines and 110 A & C Lock Shop. . .right side lines and 70 Abbens Confidential Service ...... front cover and 35 Ace Venetian Blind Laundry .. right side lines and 110 Addressing Machine Co of California.

.right side lines and 2

Alberton Realty Co ..

.left side lines and

F W D Pacific Co

Anchor Realty .... front cover, right side lines and

Anderson C A Funeral Parlors .backbone, left top lines, 41 and 42

Anderson Helen K. right side lines and 87

B & W Moving & Storage. 74

Bay Counties Escrow Co.

right top lines and 108

Bay View Federal Savings & Loan Assn ...

.back cover and 97

. back cover and

Becker Edith.

Bentzen's Mrs Danish Cookie Co Inc.

.right side lines and

California Casualty Indemnity Exchange. 65

California Collection Agency Inc .. 26

California Homes. back cover and 82

California Pacific Title Insurance Co. .right top lines and 108

California Physicians' Service.

. . left side lines and

Granat Bros

California Savings & Loan Co.

Carew & English Inc. .right bottom lines and 98

.left side lines and 44

Grisez Charles J Co. left side lines and

Hamm Theo Brewing Co. .ight top lines and

Hannaford & Talbot. left side lines and

Harrigan Weidenmuller Co. Hearing Mart. Hermann Safe Co The .right side lines and .right side lines and 89 52 Herold & Herold .riht side lines and 96 89 21 56 Hotel Gartland. Hotel Franciscan .right side lines and Hotel Oxford. right side lines and 58 58 54 Hotel Sir Francis Drake. Hotel St Francis. Hotel Whitcomb Howard's Clothing Co riht side lines and Hulting F B Co. lef bottom lines and 55 56 72 90 90 Hutchison W W & Son Hurst James Co. righ bottom lines and Index Underwriters Inc. left side lines and 72 165 Kane Don. front cover 36 Krout & Schneider 46

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. righ bottom lines and 66 Lick-Wilmerding School 100 London Assurance The. Lucky Lager Brewing Co ight side lines and 66 23 11 85 90

88 52 Lustrwash . left side lines and

Magnin I & Co.

... right top and left botom lines, 32 and 47 25

Marines' Memorial Club. ... eft side lines and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insunnce Co. . Left side lines and 65

McAvoy & O'Hara Co.

insert at beginningClassified Section

94 76 29 69 38 88 57 48 14 2 56

68 45 89 89 40 22

83 Hooker & Fay. left side lines and

80 27 25

Brush Slocumb & Co Inc.

.right side lines and

Buckbee Thorne & Co. left side lines and 87

Byington Electric Co. A and

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page

Mckinney Motors Inc left side lines and 11

Menzies Harold Inc. right bottom lines and 11

Merchants Credit Assn. front cover and 28

Merrill's Transfer & Storage Service. right bottom lines and

76 90

Metropolitan Realty Co.

Meyer Milton & Co .right side lines and 91

Mission Realty Co. right side lines and 91

Mohrdick Electric Co. .left side lines and 39

Montgomery Pest Control Co. . right side lines and 80

Mutual Realty System. . . .right side lines, 67 and 91

Mylans Prescription Pharmacists.

National Ice & Cold Storage Co left side lines and 38

right side lines and 58

National of Hartford Group. .left top lines and 60

Nippert Paul M Co. back cover and 61 Northern Counties Title Insurance Co.

right top lines and 109

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co ..

right side lines and 67

O'Brien M F & Co

left side lines and

O'Connor J C Co.

O'Connor J J Florist left side lines and 39

O'Dowd Paul T Detective Agency.

right side lines and 36

Oxford Hotel.

right side lines and

58 50

Pacific Motors.

right side lines and 10 Trevor & Co.

right side lines and

Pacific Pump & Supply Co.

.left top lines and 81

Patrick & Co ..

103

Philipps Reducing System right side lines

Pischoff Sign Co.

.Z and 102

Polk's Bank Directory

Pool & Associates Inc.

right side lines and

Puccinelli A Boyd.

12 105

Videotronics of San Francisco ... left side lines and 106 Vogel Les Chevrolet Co.

RCA Communications Inc.

Regal Roofing Co

left side lines and 95

.top edge, right top lines and 8

Rem Realty

right side lines and

Weill Raphael & Co .right top lines and 33

79 73

Reynolds & Co.

Western Mortgage Corp

Western Title Insurance & Guaranty Co.

.right top lines and 109

92 White House The.

.right top lines and 33

Ruland Bishop

right side lines and

95 Y M C A Hotel. .left side lines and 57

54 Yellow Cab Co. .right side lines and 104

Salvation Army The.

left side lines

Zweegman School for Medical Secretaries. 101

MANUFACTURERS' DEPARTMENT (In Classified Section at Manufacturers)

Page

Atlas Metal Spinning Co.

Ocean Shore Iron Works.

Clementina Co

Parks W Machine Shop Inc.

Hamm Theo Brewing Co.

Pool & Associates Inc .. 12

K-Plastix

Rice's Auto Paints & Supplies.

Kane Don

7 Schader A D Co Inc .. 14

Moschetti Refrigeration Co.

8 Scott Company 15

Northwest Motor Transportation Broker

9 Trailmobile Inc

San Francisco Bail Bond Agency

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.

San Francisco Examiner .. 77

San Francisco Knitting Mills. .. right side lines and 112

San Francisco Massage School. 100 78

San Francisco News The.

Sartorio Louie Concrete Construction Co.

right side lines and

Sauer & Tate Inc. C and Schader A D Co Inc. right top lines and 71 81 70

Schmidt Lithograph Co left side lines and

Schwabacher & Co .left side lines and

Scott Refrigeration Co .right top lines and

Secretarial Service. right side lines and 101

Security Realty Co .right side lines and Seeley & Co. left bottom lines and 85 63 55 4 76 Skycoach Agency. Sir Francis Drake Hotel .front cover and 51 Speedway Express Co. right side lines and Standard Oil Co of California. 45

Suhr & Wieboldt. left side lines and

Sunset Answering Service. left side lines and 105

Sunset Glass Co. . left side lines and 52

Swett & Crawford. left top lines and 64 92

Tesluck Co. .left bottom lines, 67 and

Thomas G W Drayage & Rigging Co.

. back cover and 37

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Treu Method Inc. right bottom lines and 93 86

Turner N T Co.

69 United Television Service Co ... right side lines and 106 United Undertakers

Valente, Marini, Perata & Co.

VanEtta Motors Inc. right bottom lines and 43

Reliable Glass Co

.right side lines and 52

Waters James F Inc.

.left top lines and

Retailers Credit Assn

West M G Co

Rogers Cleaners.

left side lines and

Rose Exterminator Co.

.right side lines and 39

Rowe Realty & Investment Co ... left side lines and

Royal-Liverpool Insurance Group The.

.left top lines and 62

William & Frederick Motors. . left bottom lines and Winston's Moving & Storage Co . back cover, left side lines and

Safeway Roofing & Siding Co. . right side lines and St Francis Hotel

.back cover and 27 19 24

Page

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 1954 edition of the 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 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 21 to 1369, 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.

THE POSTAL ZONE GUIDE, on pink paper, follows the Alphabetical List of Names and is separately paged from 1 to 5. This section is reproduced verbatim from copy supplied by the postal authorities.

THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, follows the Postal Zone Guide and is separately paged from 7 to 611. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.

THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 112, on goldenrod paper, contains 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 2113 to 2241, 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. A special feature of this section is the Manufacturers' Department.

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.

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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-The City and County of San Francisco is a municipal corporation known as San Francisco. San Francisco has a consolidated city and county government, with legislative powers vested in a board of supervisors of 11 members, 5 and 6 being elected every 2 years for four-year terms. The mayor, treasurer, assessor, city attorney, public defender, dis- trict attorney, sheriff, and superior and municipal court judges are elected by the people for terms of 4 years. The chief administrative officer is appointed by the mayor and has permanent tenure. The controller is appointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the board of supervisors, and has permanent tenure.

Population-1950 U. S. Census, 775,357; estimate in 1954. 801.000. Predominating nationalities of foreign- born residents: Italian, German, Irish and Canadian.

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-53; also 71 recreation units. Total acreage, 3,640.

Assessed Valuation-$1,884,884,826, all property, with $6.27 tax rate (1953-54).

Bonded Debt-$197,866,000 (June 30, 1953).

Financial Data-18 banks, 13 under State super- vision, and 5 national banks. Total deposits, $11,223,- 765.931 (1953); resources, $12,261,969,182 (1953); debits to individual accounts, $37,647,442,000 (1953); clearings, $27,282,107,000 (1953); time deposits, $5,290,580,378 (1953); demand deposits, $5,933,185,561 (1953).

Postal Receipts-$33,860,376 (1953).

Telephones in Service-469,119 (1953).

Churches-422.

Building and Construction-Value of building per- mits. $61,493,238; number, 8,655 (1953).

Industry-Number of units, 2,179 (1951). Total em- ployees, 76,500 (1953). Estimated value added by manu- facture in 1953, $718,882,000.

Trade-Territory (retail) includes 3,015,800 people (1953) within the 9-county area covering San Francisco Bay. Metropolitan Area jobbers can serve over 5,295,300 people in northern California. Many firms distribute to the 11 Western states, as San Francisco is Western head- quarters for hundreds of companies with regional and national distribution.

Hotels-521, with total of 45,136 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. Some 70 shipping lines link San Francisco with at least 300 of the world's ports. There are more than 50 common-carrier truck lines and several transcontinental bus services. San Francisco is the major air terminal of the Pacific and accommodates a constantly-increasing flow of air traf- fic to and from all parts of the nation and the world. Daily scheduled services for passengers, mail, express and freight are available. San Francisco Airport re- ported 1,927,077 passengers off and on during 1953.

Amusements-Approximately 80 theatres, with total seating capacity of 83,674 persons. Largest audi- torium in city seats about 12,000 persons.

Hospitals-30 (A. M. A. accredited).

Education-118 public schools, including 11 junior high and 7 senior high schools. There also are many parochial and diocesan schools. Number of pupils in daily attendance at public schools, 80,885; in private schools, 27,179.

Public Libraries-More than 657.990 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 system, 180,563,578,000 gallons (June 30, 1953).

CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT SAN FRANCISCO METROPOLITAN AREA (6 COUNTIES)

Industry Group

April, 1940

April, 1954

Number

Percent

Number Percent

Agriculture, forestry, fishing,

19,400

3.31

19,800

1,99

Constuction

33,100

5.65

60,400

6.06

Finance, insurance and real estate

38,000

6.48

65,200

6.54

Government

39,300

6,71

86,000

8.63

Manufacturing

121,400

20.71

203,000

20.38

Retail

104,300

17.80

169,100

16.97

Wholesale

25,200

4.30

71,000

7.13

Service

131,000

22.35

210,300

21.11

Transportation, public utilities

63,500

10.83

109,500

10,99

All others

10,900

1.86

2,000

0.20

Total

586,100

100.00

996,300

100.00

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Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : R.L. Polk & Co.
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