Polk's Crocker-Langley San Francisco city directory, 1938, Part 638

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: San Francisco, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1908

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Market, Stockton and O'Farrell Streets

Telephone SU tter 4040

Complete Outfitters to Men and Young Men EVENING WEAR HEADQUARTERS SINCE 1906 Full Dress, Tuxedos and Accessories Sold or Rented

Middishade Clothes Dalton Hats Arrow & Van Heusen Shirts Monito Hosiery Nunn-Bush Shoes Phone: DO uglas 1133

SELIX

123 Kearny

Open a 90-day Charge Account

Pay weekly, semi-monthly or monthly. No extras or inter- est - just charge privileges at cash prices.

San Francisco

STAR OUTFITTING COMPANY CREDIT CLOTHIERS

Complete 10-Piece Outfits - No Money Down; 6 Months to Pay

MEN Suit or Topcoat

LADIES

Shoes, Hat, Shirt, Tie, Socks, Athletic Underwear, Garters, Handkerchief

$9.2.50

Fur-Trimmed Coat or Swagger Suit Shoes, Hat, Bag, Three Pair of Silk Hose, Three Fancy Handkerchiefs

COMPLETE LINE OF STOVES, WASHING MACHINES, IRONERS, REFRIGERATORS, RADIOS

1145 Market St., San Francisco COMPLETE JEWELRY DEPARTMENT

Also 1016 Broadway, Oakland COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SOCKET APPLIANCES

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1938)

COLLECTIONS

COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE REFERENCES FURNISHED

NO COLLECTION-NO CHARGE REPORTS AND REMITTANCES PROMPTLY MADE

ACME CREDIT AND ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (A CORPORATION) BONDED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Telephones EX brook 5185-5186-5187

110 SUTTER STREET Rooms 501-502-503

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

REFERENCES

FURNISHED

COLLECTIONS

EVERYWHERE

ASSOCIATED CREDIT EXCHANGE OF SAN FRANCISCO W. M. CARTWRIGHT

Member California Association Mercantile Agencies

The American Directory of Collection Agencies

Pacific Coast Association of Collection Agencies

Commercial Law League of America

234 Flood Building

GA rfield 0800

DO uglas 1200

E. E. BRUNER COLLECTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS BONDED AGENCY - PERSONAL SERVICE 800 Central Tower (Claus Spreckels ) Bldg. 703 Market Street San Francisco

COLLECTIONS

EST. 15 YEARS

CALIFORNIA CREDIT SERVICE CO. 456-458 FLOOD BUILDING 870 MARKET STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

J. B. GARDNER C. M. LAMMERT

PHONE GARFIELD 0957

(1938) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

COLLECTIONS

GOLDEN WEST CREDIT EXCHANGE

ADJUSTMENTS AND COLLECTIONS

A. H. ISAACS

REPRESENTATIVES IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD

Legal Department

15th Floor De Young Building Kearny and Market Streets Telephones SU tter 1607-1608

Bonded and Licensed

CONSTRUCTIVE COLLECTIONS : A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION

A. S. GOLDMAN AND ASSOCIATES, INC.

Affiliated With NEW YORK CHICAGO LOS ANGELES

GA rfield 1474

Russ Building

San Francisco

NEW YORK CHICAGO LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO

COLLECTIONS ANYWHERE

REPOSSESSIONS

INDUSTRIAL CREDIT ASSOCIATION

BONDED COLLECTION SPECIALISTS

217-219 MONADNOCK BUILDING 681 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO

SAMUEL ECKSTEIN DIRECTOR

NO COLLECTION-NO CHARGE

PHONES SU TTER ! 1523 ₹ 1524

COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE

INTERSTATE MERCANTILE AGENCY

(FORMERLY INTERSTATE LAW & MERCANTILE AGENCY)

LICENSED "SCIENTIFIC COLLECTORS" BONDED

Executive Offices : Rooms 405-406 Delger Building

1005 MARKET STREET

Phone MA rket 1290

EDMUND (JACK) FEUSIER, Manager

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1938)

COLLECTIONS

BONDED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

AGENTS IN EVERY STATE

Paul Kocher Adjustment Bureau M. T. McMACKEN, Manager ALL COLLECTIONS BY PERSONAL CALL

Don't Go by Commissions Charged, but by Results Obtained SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

1005 MARKET STREET

UN DERHILL 1101

MUTUAL CREDIT BUREAU COLLECTIONS ANYWHERE Licensed and Bonded

Phone SU tter 4981

216 Pacific Building

LICENSED AND BONDED

PACIFIC COAST ADJUSTMENT COMPANY

COLLECTIONS-ADJUSTMENTS Telephone SU tter 5661

O. H. FITZPATRICK, Manager

748 RUSS BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO

FUNCTIONING AS THE PRIVATE CREDIT DEPARTMENT FOR LEGITIMATE CREDITORS THROUGHOUT THE STATE

COLLECTING DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS PROMPTLY AND EFFICIENTLY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

"Representing Creditors of California by the Hundreds"

LICENSED BONDED

PROCREDIT COMPANY, INC. Professional Finance and Credit Service SUITE 401 TWENTY-SIX O'FARRELL STREET BUILDING Exchange EX brook 1670 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA "Ask The Creditor Who Knows Us"

LICENSED BONDED

(1938) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

COLLECTIONS

ROY E. CLARK President and General Manager

Tel. GA rfield 4583

Collections Made Anywhere

ESTABLISHED

SINCE

1865

RAUER'S LAW & COLLECTION CO. INCORPORATED

Collections Made Anywhere in the World

ALL BRANCHES OF COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO 712 CENTRAL TOWER BUILDING (Formerly Claus Spreckels Building ) 703 MARKET STREET

No Collection-No Charge

Bonded with State of California

LICENSED AND BONDED

TRADERS CREDIT CORPORATION, Ltd. Commercial + COLLECTIONS + Anywhere ADJUSTMENTS

10th Floor, Mills Tower

Tel. EX brook 6661

COOPERS

COOPE

HARD

FIR

USA

REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.

Phone HE mlock 3600

Western Cooperage Co.

14th and Harrison Sts.

San Francisco, Calif.

BEER, WINE TIGHT and SLACK BARRELS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS

Branches at PORTLAND, ORE. LOS ANGELES, CALIF. FRESNO, CALIF. SEATTLE, WASH.

KITS, TUBS AND PAILS FOR ALL PURPOSES

I am looking for someone . . . likewise someone is looking for me

If I have something to sell and I am not listed in this Directory under the proper headings

I LOSE A CUSTOMER

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1938)

CREDIT REPORTS

CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS

TREAT YOUR CREDIT AS A SACRED TRUST

CHARACTER

For Efficient Handling of Consumer Credit Reports and Collections Refer to

TREAT YOUR CREDIT AS A SACRED TRUST

CHARACTER

RETAILERS CREDIT ASSOCIATION "The Credit Bureau " A Merchant Owned Institution for the Protection of Retail Credit

San Francisco Retailers Building-15 Stockton Street Telephone DO uglas 7100

Oakland

Equitable Building-414 13th Street Telephone TE mplebar 8900

Metropolitan Merrantile Agency, Inr.

AFFILIATE OF GENERAL AMERICAN CREDITS, INC. NATION-WIDE SERVICE

KOHL BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO

F. CANNING SCHMIDT MANAGER

PHONES GA RFIELD 1714-7255

DEPARTMENT STORES

Verdier Cellars

Here you will find the finest wines and liquors the world has to offer at the lowest available prices.

VERDIERAG

MIELLARS

City DOUGLAS 4500

Paris PAUL VERDIER, Pres.

GEARY AT STOCKTON

NORMANDY LANE

(1938) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

DEPARTMENT STORES

"FURNISHERS TO SAN FRANCISCO FAMILIES FOR 31 YEARS" Nationally Advertised Apparel for Men, Women and Children

CREDIT SAN FRANCISCO'S FINEST CREDIT FIRM

YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD! OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT TODAY !

COLUMBIA MISSION STREET AT ZZNO

"Cheerful" Credit, the Easiest Way to Buy Clothing -Your Terms- More Than 90 Days to Pay !

Enjoy the Emporium's Time-Saving $300,000 Escalators

Our eight new streamlined escalators in gleaming steel and shining glass wait to carry you in speed and comfort from floor to floor of Northern California's largest department store.

This Emporium MARKET IT PORFIL

EX brook 6800

HALE

Market at Fifth

BROS.

SUtter 8000

"GOOD GOODS SINCE 1876"

Livingston Piros.

INCORPORATED

GRANT AVENUE at GEARY STREET

SAN FRANCISCO

"The Shop of Individual Style Shops" . . . presenting smart apparel and accessories for women, girls, small boys and infants.

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1938)

DEPARTMENT STORES

O'CONNOR,

MOFFATT & CO.

A San Francisco "Quality Store" Since 1866

Eight selling floors devoted to "Family Wants and Needs", whether it be accessories .. . men's furnishings . . . magnificent linens, silks, and bedding ... up-to-the-minute fashions . . . children's wear ... home furnishings ... objects d'art ... toys. O'Connor, Moffatt's offer constant quality in everything . . . at consistently low prices.

STOCKTON AT O'FARRELL

TELEPHONE SU TTER 1800

SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. RETAIL STORE

Mission at Army Streets

San Francisco

Tel. VA lencia 2400

Men's Clothing, Furnishings and Hats Women's Apparel and Accessories Boys', Girls' and Infants' Wear Shoes for Men. Women and Children Silks, Woolens and Dress Goods Linens and Bedding Draperies and Notions

THE WHITE HOUSE Raphael Weill & Company

one of San Francisco's oldest and finest department stores

Sutter Grant Post

Telephone EX brook 5000

Occasional Furniture Lamps and Gift Wares Stoves and Washing Machines Electric Refrigerators Radios and Phonographs Books and Stationery Silverware and Clocks Toys Beauty Shop Shoe Clinic

NAMES APPEARING IN BOLD TYPE

IN THIS DIRECTORY are the names of those people who ACCOMPLISH THINGS and are entitled to favorable consideration, if for no other reason than their public-spirited support of measures which make for progress. They represent that ENERGY AND PUSH so essential to the commercial prosperity of the City, and in dealing with them no mistake will be made. The publishers are honored in thus making them better known to the public. PATRONIZE THEM.

R. L. POLK & CO.

604 Mission Street

San Francisco, Cal.

(1938) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

Cable Address NISCO

References Furnished Upon Request

Codes : Bentley's, A. B. C. 5th & 6th Western Union

Consultation Free DETECTIVE SERVICE

Correspondents in all the principal cities of the world

KROUT AND SCHNEIDER Investigators 155 MONTGOMERY STREET SAN FRANCISCO EX BROOK 4661

A COMPETENT, RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT DETECTIVE SERVICE AT REASONABLE RATES

INVESTIGATIONS Civil, Commercial, Store, Factory and Industrial

SHADOWING Day and Night

All Cases Con- fidentially Handled

SHADOWING

LOCATING

DETECTIVE Service BUREAU

Criminal and Civil Investigators

SPECIALISTS OBTAINING EVIDENCE IN

Suite

902 De Young Bldg.

DOMESTIC MATTERS 24-HOUR SERVICE

Telephone DO uglas 4968

DRUGGISTS

Tel. EX brook 2660-2661

MARKET On San Francisco Benatars at 4 th also Benatars IN THE CRYSTAL PALACE MARKET

Tel. EX brook 2662-2663

for DRUGS . CIGARS . WINES . LIQUORS at LOWEST Cut Rate Prices

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S LEADING CUT-RATE

DRUGS, CIGARS, WINES AND LIQUOR STORES

MARKET STREET AT

4th

2 SUPER STORES

ALSO BENATAR'S CRYSTAL PALACE MARKET

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1938)

DETECTIVES

DRUGGISTS-WHOLESALE

COFFIN-REDINGTON CO. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS

301 Folsom, cor. Beale San Francisco DO uglas 2952

DRUGS CHEMICALS DRUG SUNDRIES LIQUORS

1452 Webster Oakland GL encourt 9335

MCKESSON & ROBBINS INCORPORATED LANGLEY-MICHAELS DIVISION

Drugs Industrial Chemicals- Liquors

SERVICE WHOLESALERS

SAN FRANCISCO 40-60 First St. SU tter 7262

Manufacturing Chemists DRUG SUNDRIES

OAKLAND 831 Castro GL encourt 0350

RENO, NEV. 448 No. Virginia St.

442 P St., FRESNO

ELECTROTYPERS

ELECTROTYPES STEREOTYPES

R Hoffschneider Bros. PACIFIC DIVISION OF The Rapid Electrotype Co.

NICKELTYPES MAT SERVICE

The Largest Manufacturers of Printing Plates in the World

PHONE DO UGLAS 8427

SAN FRANCISCO

500 HOWARD STREET

· IT PAYS to be Prominently Displayed

To let people know who you are, where you are and what you have to sell. The City Directory keeps your name before the public 365 days in the year, and it cannot be prominently displayed in any book so constantly used as the City Directory.

(1938) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

EMPLOYMENT AGENTS

YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE BEST ENGINEERING TALENT IN THE WORLD THROUGH THIS BUREAU

ENGINEERING SOCIETIES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE BUREAU FOR ENGINEERS AND CHEMISTS

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS CALIF. SEC. AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY WESTERN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS

AMERICAN INST. OF MINING AND MET. ENGINEERS AMERICAN INST. OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS ENGINEERS' CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO SOC. NAVAL ARCH. AND MARINE ENGINEERS

SUITE 715 MECHANICS INSTITUTE BUILDING 57 POST STREET

SU TTER 1684

SAN FRANCISCO

FINANCE COMPANIES

"Courtesy to the Consumer"

Metropolitan BUDGET PLAN

A PRACTICAL AND PROGRESSIVE SERVICE FOR MERCHANTS

TEL. EX BROOK 8485

808 ANGLO BANK BLDG.

FLORISTS

A SEVENTY YEAR OLD PLEDGE!

To fill each individual order-whether it be a one flower corsage or a decorated ballroom-so that it proximates perfection, has always been the aim of our floral artists. The result is a volume business, enabling us to maintain this added quality of service without charging a premium.

FLOWERS AND FLORAL DECORATIONS FOR EVERY OCCASION

Podesta Baldocchi

"The Voice of a Thousand Gardens" 224 Grant Avenue .. Telephone SUtter 6200

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1938)

FORWARDING AGENTS

Telephone EX brook 5270

Established 1858

FARNSWORTH & RUGGLES (INCORPORATED)

DRAYING and Warehousing

MAIN OFFICES Freight Distributing Terminal and Warehouses First, Brannan and Federal Streets (200 Brannan Street) SAN FRANCISCO

POOL CAR DISTRIBUTING

SPUR TRACK SERVED BY ALL RAILROADS

Telephone: DO uglas 1760 Connecting All Departments

Established 1867 Incorporated 1883

Our Slogan:

OBTAIN FRIENDS THROUGH

URTESY

Overland Freight Transfer Company

Drayage and Warehousing

Forwarding and Distribution of Rail and Water Shipments

Main Office, 201 California Street

San Francisco, Cal.

(1938) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

S. A. Anderson

Funeral Director and Embalmer

TRANS-BAY SERVICE

1387 Valencia St. (near 25th St.), San Francisco, Cal. Phone: MI ssion 0150

FUR DEALERS

GA rfield 6240

Furs Since 1864

H . LIEBES & CO GRANT AVENUE AT POST STREET

WOMEN'S APPAREL ACCESSORIES FURS TOILETRIES

BEAUTY SALON

THE GREATEST NUMBER

of people are reached, at the smallest cost, by your advertisement in the City Directory. Phone now and have our representative call. Telephone GA rfield 5431

R. L. POLK & CO.

604 Mission Street

San Francisco, Cal.

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1938)

GRADING CONTRACTORS

SAN FRANCISCO GRADING CO. GRADING-EXCAVATING PAVING-SIDEWALKS SEWER SYSTEMS RED ROCK MACADAM

6565 3rd St.

Phone DElaware 8480

GROCERS-WHOLESALE

MONTEVERDE & PARODI INC. IMPORTERS

LAIPA

OLIVE OIL

Fortuna & Fontana Chianti Wine Roy Cognac

Tiger Brand Olive Oil

Francesconi Brand Olive Oil Sasso Olive Oil Nave Olive Oil

Angelo Parodi fu Bmeo Salted Anchovies Filets of Anchovies Club and Lunch Sardines

Montrola Vegetable Oil

Pacific Coast Headquarters for

Montecatini Salts

Mexican Garbanzos and

Reggiano Cheese Colombo Gorgonzola Cheese

Other Imported Specialties Cazanove French Cordials

Cazanove French Vermouth

Exclusive Distributors

Ferrero Italian Vermouth Ferrero Italian Marsala Wine

Ferrero Sparkling Wines LIQUEUR GALLIANO

Phones: SU tter 1175-1176-1177

100-110 Broadway

San Francisco, California

(1938) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

GROCERS-WHOLESALE

A. GIURLANI & BRO.

IMPORTERS "STAR" OLIVE OIL

Foreign Food Products

SAN FRANCISCO

"Gancia" Vermouth "Gancia" Dry and Sparkling Wines 537 FRONT STREET GA rfield 8724

Table Delicacies

LUCCA ITALY

HOTELS

Hotel Empire

Formerly William Taylor

Here is the newest, tallest, and finest hotel in the West! Tower- ing proudly over the city, with 30 floors of beautiful, modern accom- modations, it offers five hundred hotel rooms, suites, and apart- ments of two, three and four rooms. This is truly a hotel you will enjoy, for a transient stay. or a permanent residence. Ideally located at the Civic Center, it is most convenient to the shopping, theatre, and business districts. The best of everything in modern liv- ing is available for its guests.

Rates : Single, from $3 ; Double, from $4; Parlor suites, one person, from $6; Hotel Apartments, tran- sient or permanent, quoted upon request.

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The Sky Room

The most distinctive and unusual Cocktail Lounge in San Francisco, with the most thrilling view in the city! Twenty-four floors above the street, with an awe-inspiring view in four direc- tions, it is one of the famous sights of the City by the Golden Gate, which no one, resident or visitor, should miss!

HOTEL EMPIRE

McAllister at Leavenworth, overlooking Civic Center MA rket 3400

The Sign Over Your Door

Is only seen by those who pass your way. THE CITY DIRECTORY is where many people look when they want to find you. MAKE YOURSELF EASILY FOUND.

R. L. POLK CO.

604 Mission Street, San Francisco, Cal.

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1938)

CALIFORNIA

STAR BRAND

OLIVE OILOF LUCEL

1711

GAETAN

HOTELS

---

MINTHA

The Most Comfortable Beds in San Francisco!

GOLDEN STATE HOTEL

Under New Management

REDECORATED and REFURNISHED

Beautiful New Lobby, Cocktail Lounge

Coffee Shop and Restaurant (Moderate Prices) SENSIBLE RATES

Telephone GA rfield 7264

With Bath or Shower

Single, $2.00 and $2.50 Double, $2.50 and $3.50

F Without Bath $1.00 and $2.00

Attractive Rates to Permanent Guests

DOWN TOWN, CORNER POWELL AND ELLIS

(1938) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

HOTELS

Olympic's Welcoming Hearth

Spacious Olympic Lobby

Excellent Cuisine

Just off the lobby is our dining room and coffee shop . .. where delightful meals are prepared by Olympic's experienced chef and his staff. Prices are exceedingly moderate, and food is of the highest quality. Breakfast 25c, Luncheon 40c, Famous Dinner 50c. Private Din- ing Rooms may be used if desired.

One Price:

Single, $2.00-$2.50 Double, $3.00-$3.50 Twin Beds, $4.00 Parlor Suites, $5.00 Attractive rates by the week or mouth

Olympic's Drive-in Garage Saves Time and Traffic Tags

Leave your car with our attendant in our drive- in garage, take a swift elevator to your floor . . . do away with parking bother and traffic tags!

New Cocktail Lounge

HOME OF RADIO STATION KGGC

NEW

HOTEL OLYMPIC

TAYLOR AT EDDY STREETS

SAN FRANCISCO

One of Olympic's Charming Bedrooms

Olympic's Bridge Room

Convenient Drive-in Garage

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1938)

San Francisco's Hostelry of Hospitality

... to realize the joy of living in a true hotel-home, live at Hotel Olympic, close to all of the city's fine shops and theatres. Only two blocks from Market Street. Accom- modations are modern .. . with spe- cially designed furnishings, sound- proof rooms, radio reception, tiled bath and shower.

Typical Olympic Bedroom

HOTELS

HOTEL WHITCOMB

AT CIVIC CENTER SAN FRANCISCO Rooms With Bath From $3.00

500 ROOMS

Largest Lobby on the Coast

Location: One block from the new Western Furniture Exchange & Merchandise Mart.

.... ........ ........

COFFEE SHOP AND TAVERN BUFFET

Garage Under Same Roof

Ownership-Management

THOMAS J. K. PARKER President

JOHN R. BLACKINGER Resident Manager

THE FRANCISCAN HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO DO UGLAS 2200

350 GEARY STREET

THE FRANCISCAN is an eleven story, fireproof building within the nucleus of San Francisco's theatrical and shopping dis- trict and just around the corner from Union Square. Within walking distance you will find every theatre, restaurant and smart shop for which the city is noted. " The lobby, lounge and guest rooms are tastefully and comfortably furnished. [ Here are all the attributes of comfort and convenience for the traveler or permanent guest. "[ While our prices are extremely moderate, every member of the staff is alert to offer that friendly and personal service that a larger hotel cannot give. 1 An ideal stopping place for ladies unattended. DIGNIFIED BUT INEXPENSIVE

One person with detached bath Two persons with detached bath One person with private bath or shower

$1.50 Two persons with private bath or shower

2.00

. 2.00, 2.50, 3.00

Twin beds with private bath or shower. Two room suites. from 4.50

$2.50 to $4.00 3.00 to 5.00

WEEKLY RATES FROM $10.50

MONTHLY RATES FROM $30.00

Good Business Insurance

Your advertisement in the City Directory with proper business listings insures your business against loss of trade. The manufacturer or business institution that overlooks this fact is not building for the future. The City Directory is active 365 days every year-let it serve you as it does others. Our representative will be pleased to explain the value of reference advertising.

R. L. POLK & CO.

(1938) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

INSURANCE

STRENGT

IF the the policyholder is to get the security for which he pays, the company issuing his policy must have the reserve strength necessary to meet all contingencies.

With assets practically twice liabil- ities, the companies of the FIREMAN'S FUND GROUP guarantee this strength.

Fire . Automobile . Marine . Casualty . Fidelity . Surety

FIREMAN'S FUND GROUP

Fireman's Fund Insurance Company ~ Occidental Insurance Company Home Fire & Marine Insurance Company Fireman's Fund Indemnity Company ~Occidental Indemnity Company

New York . Chicago

SAN FRANCISCO

Boston

Atlanta

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1938)

INSURANCE

THE

ROYAL-LIVERPOOL GROUPS

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

for

SECURITY AND SERVICE

- KNOWN ROUND THE WORLD TOC LIVERPOOL ANO LONDON CLIENTE

Financial Statement as of December 31, 1937

UNITED STATES RESOURCES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1937

ADMITTED ASSETS

LIABILITIES

Dec. 31, 1937

1896

American & Foreign Insurance Company

$ 5,969,169

$ 1,486,517

$ 4,482,652

$ 4,557,221

1863

The British & Foreign Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.

2,509,016

925,708

1,583,308

1,670,848

1911

Capital Fire Insurance Company of California

1,877,816

150,408

1,727,408

1,728,978

1922

Eagle Indemnity Company

7,707,553

5,707,553

2,000,000

2,123,459

1908

Federal Union Insurance Company

2,693,596

771,939

1,921,657

1,955,067

1911

Globe Indemnity Company

36,103,261

28,603,261

7,500,000

7,828,905

1811

The Newark Fire Insurance Company

9,741,443

3,805,988

5,935,455

6,130,345

1891

Queen Insurance Company of America

21,905,504

8,862,318

13,043,186

13,509,743

1910

Royal Indemnity Company

28,990,227

23,990,227

5,000,000

6,302,809

1845

Royal Insurance Company, Ltd ..

21,590,735

11,187,358

10,403,377

10,879,451

1924

The Seaboard Insurance Company

1,262,822

114,104

1,148,718

1,159,135

1896

Star Insurance Company of America

4,945,205

2,123,619

2,821,586

2,992,246

1860

Thames & Mersey Marine Insurance Company, Ltd.

1,237,377

435,129

802,248

943,819

PACIFIC DEPARTMENT RAY DECKER MANAGER

TEL.

201 SANSOME STREET

DO uglas 5855

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

(1938) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

1836

The Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co. Ltd.

18,462,686

10,804,744

7,657,942

7,836,064

SURPLUS TO POLICYHOLDERS ANNUAL MARKET VALUES STATEMENT BASIS

YEAR ESTABLISHED

INSURANCE

BRUCE M. ALLEN RALPH R. DRESEL

BRUCE M. ALLEN & CO.

INSURANCE BROKERS

Phone EX brook 2373

Dependable Insurance Individualized to Meet Your Requirements

Russ Building 235 Montgomery Street

Established 1808

Assets over $80,000,000

Over 130 years devoted to providing insurance of all kinds against loss or damage to property all over the world.

Atlas Assurance Company, Ltd.

114 Sansome Street

San Francisco, Calif.

H. R. JACKSON, Manager

A. J. PENFIELD, Secretary

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1938)

INSURANCE

SAN FRANCISCO 254 Bush Street

LOS ANGELES 548 South Spring Street

W. B. BRANDT & CO., Inc. UNDER WRITERS

ESTABLISHED 1905

ALL RISKS AND INLAND MARINE DEPARTMENT

Sun Insurance Office, Ltd. OF LONDON

Patriotic Insurance Company

Providence Washington INSURANCE COMPANY Anchor Insurance Company

Atlas Assurance Company, Ltd.

OCEAN MARINE

Atlas Assurance Company, Ltd. Providence Washington Insurance Company

CASUALTY and SURETY National Casualty Company

FIRE, AUTOMOBILE and ALLIED LINES Providence Washington Insurance Company (Issued Through the Providence Underwriters)

Transcontinental Insurance Co. Insurance Procured from Underwriters at Lloyd's, London

California-WeStern StAtes Golden Gate Agency John W. Pearson, Manager Tel. GA rfield 4520 LiFe e Insurance

San Francisco Agency Grover C. Nissen, Manager Tel. GA rfield 4520

Company

ALDEN ANDERSON, Chairman of the Board

HOME OFFICE . SACRAMENTO O. J. LACY, President

(1938) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

INSURANCE

COMMERCIAL UNION GROUP

FIRE - CASUALTY - MARINE - ALL RISKS AND ALL ALLIED LINES

Pacific Department: Companies' Bldg.

315 Montgomery Street, San Francisco

J. C. BUNYAN, MANAGER

Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd. - The Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corp., Ltd. The California Insurance Co. - American Central Insurance Co. - Columbia Casualty Co. The Palatine Insurance Co., Ltd. - The British General Insurance Co., Ltd. Union Assurance Society, Ltd. - The Commercial Union Fire Insurance Co.

"AMERICA FORE" .

THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY FIDELITY-PHENIX FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY NIAGARA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY AMERICAN EAGLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY FIRST AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY MARYLAND INSURANCE COMPANY

60 Sansome Street

PACIFIC DEPARTMENT San Francisco

Phone GA rfield 8200

JOHN A. CARLSON, Vice-President

C. V. MCCARTHY, Secretary

HARRY W. NASON, Assistant Secretary

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1938)

INSURANCE

Fire, Tornado, Explosion, Riot, Civil Commotion, Sprinkler Leakage, Automobile and Earthquake.

CRUM & FORSTER

PACIFIC DEPARTMENT

WARD S. JACKSON, Mgr.

C. L. KING, Asst. Mgr.

266 BUSH STREET

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK ORGANIZED 1824

THE NORTH RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK ORGANIZED 1822

INSURANCE - GENERAL AGENTS

L. R. EBY & CO.

FIRE INLAND MARINE

AUTOMOBILE

Western Assurance Co. Empire State Underwriters of Agricultural Insurance Co.

Occidental Insurance Co. Twin City Fire Ins. Co. Halifax Fire Ins. Co.

201 SANSOME STREET

Phone SU tter 8300

BUSINESS THROUGH AGENTS AND BROKERS ONLY

(1938) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

INSURANCE

lens Falls

OMMERCE INSURANCE COMPANY Glens Falls, New York

INSURANCE COMPANY Glens Falls, New York

glens Falls INDEMNITY COMPANY Glens Falls, New York

R. H. GRIFFITH, Vice-President R. LYNN COLOMB, Assistant Manager Pacific Coast Department-Sixth Floor, Mills Tower Phone GA rfield 0425

NATIONAL FIRE GROUP

OF HARTFORD, CONN.

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Polk's Crocker-Langley San Francisco city directory, 1938, Part 638

Author: R.L. Polk & Co Publication date: 1930 Publisher: San Francisco, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co. Number of Pages: 1908

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: San Francisco, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1908