Polk's Crocker-Langley San Francisco city directory, 1940, Part 588

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: San Francisco, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1700

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DEPOT: 5TH AND MISSION STREETS PHONE: DO UGLAS 8633

GREYHOUND

CEMETERIES

Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

A Perpetual Care Institution

Owners of Lots, Niches and Crypts in Cypress Lawn are definitely guaranteed and assured of everlasting care and permanency.

Cypress Lawn has complete facilities for:

Earth Interment

Cremation

Mausoleum Entombment Columbarium Inurnment

Cypress Lawn Memorial Park is the largest and most beautiful cemetery in San Francisco

P. O. Box 37, Colma, San Mateo Co., California

Phone: RA ndolph 0580 After 5 P. M. EX brook 0540

MAUSOLEUM CREMATORIUM

COLUMBARIUM CEMETERY

The most beautiful Edifices and Sanctuaries in the West.

Write for Book of Views

Supt. Office-Colma, RA. 6588 City Office -- Phelan Bldg. GA. 3704

WOODLAWN MEMORIAL PARK

MASONIC CEMETERY ASSOCIATION-NON-SECTARIAN

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1940)

CLOTHING

150 SUTTER STREET Phone DO uglas 5440

Outfitters to Men Since 1860

ROBERT S. ATKINS INCORPORATED

Stein-Bloch Clothes Atkins Hand-Made Shoes Stetson Hats

COSGRAVE'S

WOMEN'S COATS SUITS DRESSES FURS

398 Post Street SAN FRANCISCO Phone GA rfield 8880

CHARGE ACCOUNTS BUDGET ACCOUNTS AS LONG AS 10 MONTHS TO PAY

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S

APPAREL AND HOME NEEDS WITH EASIEST CREDIT TERMS

"It's Easier to Pay the Federal Way"

FEDERAL

Clothing Furs Furniture Radios Refrigerators Washers- Ironers Watches Diamonds Appliances, etc.

Founded 1920 By A. J. SHRAGGE

1145 Market Street BETWEEN 7TH and 8TH

2565 Mission Street

BETWEEN 21ST and 22ND

HASTINGS

BLUE BOOK

OF FASHION

Hickey-Freeman Clothes ... Kuppenheimer Clothes ... Arrow Shirts ... Bostonian Shoes ... Knox Hats ... Jarman Shoes ... Phoenix Hose ... Johnston & Murphy Shoes ... Pendleton Outdoor Shirts ... Arrow Ties & Underwear ... Swank Jewelry

the modern Hasting's five convenient locations

POWELL at GEARY, St. Francis Hotel POST and KEARNY 882 MARKET ST., Flood Building

22 POWELL ST., near Market

In Oakland: 1530 BROADWAY

(1940) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

CLOTHING

I. MAGNIN & CO.

GRANT AVENUE AT GEARY

Women's and Misses' Apparel and Accessories

METROPOLITAN SHOPS

San Francisco ..

Grant Avenue at Geary Broadway at Twentieth

Pasadena

Vista Del Arroyo

Wilshire Blvd. at New Hampshire

El Mirador Hotel

. 550 E. Colorado

Palm Springs Del Monte. . Hotel Del Monte Coronado Hotel Del Coronado

Seattle.

Fifth Avenue at Union

Lake Arrowhead

Arrowhead Springs Hotel

Apparel for the Entire Family-On Easy Credit

· Over 30 individual shops serving apparel needs for the entire fam- ily-from the tiny infant to grown men and wo- men. Also a complete beauty salon, Optome- trist, Chiropodist and custom tailoring shop.

hoMajestic GEO. H. SANDY & CO

2474 MISSION STREET

Bet. 20th and 21st

· Phone AT water 0650 charges of any kind.

HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES

STETSON HATS - MANHATTAN SHIRTS

MOORE'S 1450 B'WAY, OAKLAND

840 MARKET . 141 KEARNY . SAN FRANCISCO

PAUSON & CO. Exclusive San Francisco Home of

SOCIETY BRAND AND AVENUE CLOTHES FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN

Arrow Shirts and a Complete Line of Haberdashery

SUTTER AT KEARNY

Knox and Avenue Hats Florsheim Shoes

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1940)

Oakland.

Los Angeles Pasadena. Santa Barbara

. 1315 State Street

RESORT SHOPS

Pasadena

. Hotel Huntington

· Charge Account Credit Terms enabling you to charge it right at the sales counter and then pay in easy, small amounts from income; weekly, twice monthly or monthly. No extra

CLOTHING

Roos Bros

Outfitters for Men : Women : Children

AGENTS FOR THOS. HEATH CLOTHES IMPORTED BURBERRY OVERCOATS DOBBS HATS for MEN and WOMEN MANHATTAN SHIRTS

Market, Stockton and O'Farrell Streets

Telephone SU tter 4040

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

$2.2.50

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

COMPLETE JEWELRY DEPARTMENT 1145 Market St., San Francisco

COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SOCKET APPLIANCES Also 1016 Broadway, Oakland

COLLECTIONS

ESTABLISHED 1910

TELEPHONE SU TTER 1550 CONNECTING ALL DEPARTMENTS

California Collection Agency, Jnr. 310 RUSS BUILDING 235 MONTGOMERY STREET

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

MEMBER CENTRAL CREDIT REPORTING BUREAU

LICENSED BY AND BONDED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

(1940) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

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

1182 MARKET STREET Room 310

Telephones MA rket 7818-7819

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

CASH ADVANCED ON DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS

John B. Adams Company LICENSED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ACCOUNTS PURCHASED

J. B. ADAMS General Manager

1182 MARKET STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Phone MA rket 0670

We Pay as We Collect No Collection No Charge

Bonded Collections Everywhere

CALIFORNIA CREDIT ASSOCIATION

De YOUNG BUILDING · PHONE DO uglas 6315

WILLIAM A. ROYSTER, Manager

690 Market Street at Kearny, San Francisco

BONDED COLLECTIONS COMMERCIAL ADJUSTMENTS "We Pay as We Collect"

CONTINENTAL CREDIT COMPANY

454-456 FLOOD BUILDING 870 Market St. Tel. GA rfield 0957 and 0958 San Francisco, California

PERRY E. DAVIS Manager

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1940)

COLLECTIONS

"The Strength of Capital and Experience" CREDITORS GUARANTY CORPORATION - OF AMERICA -

COLLECTIONS

EX brook 5048

Nationwide Service - Bonded and Licensed CREDITORS GUARANTY BUILDING 507 MONTGOMERY STREET

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. UN derhill 1101

1005 MARKET STREET

Collections Made Everywhere Payments Promptly Remitted as Received

MUTUAL COLLECTION AGENCY (BONDED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA)

SU tter 6478

819 de Young Building, 690 Market Street, San Francisco

MUTUAL CREDIT BUREAU COLLECTIONS ANYWHERE Licensed and Bonded

Phone SU tter 4981

722 Pacific Building

(1940) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

COLLECTIONS

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"

PROCREDIT COMPANY Professional Finance and Credit Service

LICENSED BONDED

SUITE 401 TWENTY-SIX O'FARRELL STREET BUILDING Exchange EX brook 1670 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA "Ask The Creditor Who Knows Us"

LICENSED BONDED

SAN FRANCISCO CREDIT ASSOCIATION LICENSED AND BONDED

COLLECTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS

E. W. PATTERSON

480 Flood Building

Phone DO uglas 6810

LICENSED AND BONDED

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

10th Floor, Mills Tower

Tel. EX brook 6661

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1940)

CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS

OLIVER M. ROUSSEAU

Contractor and Builder

Will arrange to submit plans, specifications and estimates ... with necessary financing to suit

321 KEARNY ST. "For Long-Time Investment" DOUGLAS 3371

COOPERS

COOPE

HARD FIR

USA

REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.

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

CREDIT REPORTS

CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS

For Efficient Handling of Consumer Credit Reports and Collections Refer to

S CREDIT

ASS

ERS

REPORTS

FOUNDED 1894 COLLECTIONS ISCO

SAN FRAN

NCIS

RETAILERS CREDIT ASSOCIATION

"The Credit Bureau"

A Merchant Owned Institution for the Protection of Retail Credit

Retailers Building-15 Stockton Street

Telephone DO uglas 7100

(1940) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

ERE

DIT

CIATION

RETAILERS

OCIATION

REPORTS FOUNDED 1894 COLLECTIONS OF SAN FRANCISCO

Phone HE mlock 3600

ERAGE

DAIRIES

For Good Dairy Products

Call- Borden's -VAlencia 6000 DAIRY DELIVERY CO.

1325 Potrero Avenue

San Francisco

DEPARTMENT STORES

Verdier Cellars

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

City DOUGLAS 4500

Paris PAUL VERDIER, Prch

VERDIERAO ASCELLARS

GEARY AT STOCKTON

NORMANDY LANE

"FURNISHERS TO CALIFORNIA FAMILIES FOR A HALF CENTURY" Nationally Advertised Apparel and Homewares for Men, Women and Children

CREDIT SAN FRANCISCO'S FINEST CREDIT FIRM

YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD! OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT TODAY !

COLUMBIA MISSION STREET AT 22ND

"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.

Ris Emporium

WENNIT IT FORDII

EX brook 6800

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1940)

DEPARTMENT STORES

HALE BROS.

Market at Fifth

SUtter 8000

"GOOD GOODS SINCE 1876"

GA rfield 6240

Furs Since 1864

H . LIEBES & CO GRANT AVENUE AT POST STREET

WOMEN'S APPAREL ACCESSORIES FURS TOILETRIES

BEAUTY SALON

Livingston Piros.

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

GRANT AVENUE at GEARY STREET

SAN FRANCISCO

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

(1940) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

DEPARTMENT STORES

SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. RETAIL STORE

Mission at Army Streets

San Francisco

Tel. VA lencia 2400

· Apparel for women, men, boys, girls.

· Accessories, shoes, millinery, fabrics.

. Books, stationery, silverware, notions.

· Beauty Salon, Travel Service, Shoe Clinic.

THE WHITE HOUSE RAPHAEL WEILL & COMPANY

one of San Francisco's oldest and finest department stores

SUTTER GRANT POST TELEPHONE EXBROOK 5000

· Linens, occasional furniture, glass, china. Draperies, bedding, pictures.

· Refrigerators and washers, stoves, phonographs, radios.

. Art needle, gifts.

DETECTIVES

References Furnished Upon Request

Consultation Free

DETECTIVE SERVICE

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

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1940)

DETECTIVES

SHADOWING

LOCATING

DETECTIVE Service BUREAU

Criminal and Civil Investigators

SPECIALISTS OBTAINING EVIDENCE IN DOMESTIC MATTERS 24-HOUR SERVICE

Suite

902 De Young Bldg.

Telephone DO uglas 4968

A. S. NARDUCCI, Principal Established 1925

J. J. DUFFY, Managing Director

NARDUCCI'S INVESTIGATION BUREAU RECOGNIZED BY LEADING CRIMINAL AND LEGAL AUTHORITIES CIVIL AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

2702-A MISSION STREET

Phone VA Iencia 5446 San Jose Phone Mayfair 704

DRAYAGE

G. W. Thomas Drayage & Rigging Co., Inc.

GENERAL DRAYING, SAFE & MACHINERY MOVING

Special Attention Given to Rigging, Hoisting and Placing Heavy Machinery

LONG DISTANCE HAULING TRUCK CRANES FOR RENT

DO uglas 1323 - Day or Night

586 Howard Street San Francisco, Calif.

(1940) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

DRUGGISTS

TWO LARGEST INDEPENDENTLY OWNED DRUG STORES IN CALIFORNIA

Tel. EX brook 2660 2661

SUPER STORES

In San Francisco It's always MARKET at 4th also Benatars IN THE

Benatars CRYSTAL PALACE MARKET

Tel. EX brook

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

2662 2663

Benatars 807 Market St. Store is open every day 7 a. m. to Midnight Saturdays to 1 a. m.

DRUGGISTS-WHOLESALE

COFFIN-REDINGTON CO. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS

301 Folsom, cor. Beale San Francisco DO uglas 2952

DRUGS CHEMICALS DRUG SUNDRIES LIQUORS

Oakland

Telephone EN terprise 10396

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 vol- ume business, enabling us to maintain this added quality of service without charging a premium.

FLOWERS AND FLORAL DECORATIONS FOR EVERY OCCASION

Pedesta Baldocchi

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

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 (1940)

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

From 30 to 50 Per Cent

Of the Information in the DIRECTORY of a city or town changes each year. Did you know this ?. For this reason is it not money saved to have the latest informa- tion handy? The only way to do is to have the

LATEST CITY DIRECTORY

(1940) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

FORWARDING AGENTS

Telephone: DO uglas 1760 Connecting All Departments

Established 1867 Incorporated 1883

Our Slogan : BTAIN 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.

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

U. A. Anderson

Funeral Director and Embalmer

TRANS-BAY SERVICE

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

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1940)

FURNITURE

COMPLETE HOME FURNISHINGS On Convenient Pin Money Terms

Furniture ... Rugs ... Carpets ... Linoleums ... Stoves Draperies ... Radios ... Home Appliances ... etc.

REDLICK-NEWMAN CO.

Cor. 17th and Mission

MA rket 1600

STERLING

FURNITURE COMPANY . BUNSTER & SAXE

1049 Market Street

Telephone MArket 1780

FURS

ONE YEAR FULL COVERAGE WORLD-WIDE INSURANCE POLICY IS INCLUDED IN THE PURCHASE .. . PRICE ...

California's Martini ONLY FUR DOCTOR

(Nationally Known Fur Designer)

FURS of QUALITY

POPULAR PRICES

featuring 500 FURS at LESS than $100

MINK MUSKRAT IMPORTED CARACUL MARTEN DYED SKUNK NATURAL & DYED FOX SQUIRREL LOCKES MINK GILLS HUDSON SEAL (Dyed Muskrat) IMPORTED PERSIAN PAW MINK-DYED MARMOT

In a selection of colors and sizes Trade-ins Accepted

For Information Telephone MArket 8181

THE FUR DOCTOR 1521 Market St. at Van Ness

FREE PARKING STATION REAR OF STORE

(1940) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

A Fur Hat Included With Every Remodel or Purchase of a Fur Coat

Furriers for Over Two Generations

BUDGET TERMS

Repairing

166 Geary St., Second Floor

Telephone YU kon 1865

GROCERS-WHOLESALE

MONTEVERDE & PARODI INC.

ELIPA

OLIVE OIL

Fortuna & Fontana Chianti Wine Roy Cognac

McAlister V. O. V. Blended Scotch Whiskey

100-110 Broadway

IMPORTERS

Tiger Brand Olive Oil Francesconi Brand Olive Oil Sasso Olive Oil Nave Olive Oil

La Barca Brand Filets of Anchovies Salted Anchovies Sardines in Olive Oil

Montrola Brand Salad Oil

Pacific Coast Headquarters for

Montecatini Salts Reggiano Cheese Colombo Gorgonzola Cheese

Mexican Garbanzos and Other Imported Specialties

Cazanove French Vermouth

Cazanove French Cordials

Exclusive Distributors Martini & Rossi Sparkling Wines

Ferrero Italian Vermouth Ferrero Italian Marsala Wine

LIQUEUR GALLIANO

Phones: SUtter 1175-1176-1177

San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1940)

FURS

MELZER FURS

HARDWARE

Famous Homeware and Hardware Headquarters Since 1857 GIFTS SILVER . CHINA · CUTLERY EVERYTHING FOR THE HOME FINE HARDWARE · TOOLS · PAINT GARDEN SEEDS . BULBS . SUPPLIES CHAS. BROWN & SONS 813 Market Street

San Francisco

Remember Each Day

That the City Directory affords you the best medium for reach- ing all classes of people, and insures you a widespread pub- licity at a cost small in propor- tion when compared to that of other mediums.

R. L. POLK & CO.

(1940) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

HOTELS

THE NEW

OLYMPIC HOTEL

WITH

DRIVE-IN GARAGE

EDDY AT TAYLOR

OLYMPIC

HOTEL

GARAGE J

The new OLYMPIC HOTEL manage- ment and staff extend you a warm welcome and assure you that everything possible will be done for your comfort and happiness. ALBERT ICHELSON, Manager.

SAN FRANCISCO

250 Rooms - All With Bath and Shower Class A Fireproof Building Reasonable Rates

The last word in solid comfort, beautiful modern appointments and superior service.

Right in the heart of town, it is close to all theatres, shopping places, the famous CIVIC CENTER - and easily accessible from all transportation lines and highways.

Every feature of service may be found on the premises: Drive-in Garage with elevator from garage to upper floors; coffee shop and fountain; S. S. OLYMPIC, unique cocktail lounge; beauty salon; barber shop; news- stand; valet service, etc.

The morning's paper at your door each day.

Richly appointed, spacious lobby

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1940)

HOTELS

HOTEL WHITCOMB

AT CIVIC CENTER

SAN FRANCISCO

Rooms With Bath From $2.50

500 ROOMS

Largest Lobby on the Coast

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

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

Ownership-Management THOMAS J. K. PARKER, President and Monoging Director

COFFEE SHOP AND TAVERN BUFFET

Garage Under Same Roof

THE FRANCISCAN HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO

350 GEARY STREET

DO UGLAS 2200

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. [ An ideal stopping place for ladies unattended. DIGNIFIED BUT INEXPENSIVE

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

$2.00, $2.50, $3.00 $2.50 to $4.00

Twin beds with private bath or shower Two room suites

$3.00 to $5.00 . from $4.50

SPECIAL WEEKLY AND MONTHLY RATES

IMPORTERS

S. L. JONES & CO., INC. IMPORTERS - EXPORTERS

--- Coffee - Spices - Malt - Hops - Vegetable Oils Rice - Feeds - Seeds - Fish Meals

---

140 California

San Francisco

Tel. EX brook 2560

(1940) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

INSURANCE

STRENG

IF 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 (1940)

INSURANCE

THE

ROYAL-LIVERPOOL GROUPS

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

for

KOOWN FOUND THE WORD LIVERPOOL MI LONDON CLODEOSPI

SECURITY AND SERVICE

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1939

UNITED STATES RESOURCES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1939 SURPLUS TO POLICYHOLDERS

YEAR ESTABLISHED

ADMITTED ASSETS

LIABILITIES

CAPITAL

Basis

Dec. 31, 1939

1896 American & Foreign Insurance Company

$ 6,204,713

$ 1,250,344

$1,500,000

$ 4,954,369

$ 5,084,728

1863 The British & Foreign Marine Ins. Co., Ltd.

2,838,020

690,180

400,000

2,147,840

2,300,008

1911

Capital Fire Insurance Company of California

2,154,032

348,018

1,000,000

1,806,014

1,899,187

1922

Eagle Indemnity Company

9,474,379

6,974,379

1,000,000

2,500,000

2,765,191

1908

Federal Union Insurance Company

3,090,920

961,085

1,000,000

2,129,835

2,261,257

1911

Globe Indemnity Company

41,290,480

31,290,480

2,500,000

10,000,000

11,141,664

1836

The Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co., Ltd ..

18,251,422

9,817,393

400,000

8,434,029

9,063,835

1811

The Newark Fire Insurance Company

10,214,764

3,335,645

2,000,000

6,879,119

7,232,160

1891

Queen Insurance Company of America

23,553,515

9,291,684

5,000,000

14,261,831

15,040,291

1910

Royal Indemnity Company

34,075,071

26,575,071

2,500,000

7,500,000

8,773,839

1845

Royal Insurance Company, Ltd.

21,915,986

10,484,364

400,000

11,431,621

12,340,946

1924

The Seaboard Insurance Company

1,469,812

347,394

600,000

1,122,418

1,183,913

1896

Star Insurance Company of America

5,786,885

2,627,436

1,000,000

3.159,449

3,382,015

1860

Thames & Mersey Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.

1,485,163

500,733

200,000

984,430

1,052,440

PACIFIC DEPARTMENT

RAY DECKER MANAGER

TEL.

201 SANSOME STREET

DO uglas 5855

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

(1940) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

(Includes Capital)

Annual Statement

Market Values,

INSURANCE

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.

X X X

Atlas Assurance Company, Ltd.

114 Sansome Street

San Francisco, Calif.

H. R. JACKSON, Manager

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

Providence Washington INSURANCE COMPANY

Atlas Assurance Company, Ltd.

OCEAN MARINE

Atlas Assurance Company, Ltd. Providence Washington Insurance Company

Anchor Insurance Company Transcontinental 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 ot Lloyd's, London

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1940)

INSURANCE

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

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.

(1940) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

INSURANCE

"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

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PACIFIC DEPARTMENT San Francisco

60 Sansome Street H. CLYDE EDMUNDSON, Vice-President

Phone GA rfield 8200

HARRY W. NASON, Assistant Secretary

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. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

266 BUSH STREET

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK ORGANIZED 1824

THE NORTH RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK ORGANIZED 1822

SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1940)

INSURANCE

Sperspe Falls

OMMERCE INSURANCE COMPANY Gires falls Ne- Yo4

INSURANCE COMPANY Gires Fotls Ne - yod

glen's Falls INDEMNITY COMPANY Glens Folks, New York

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

The Home Insurance Company, New York The Franklin Fire Insurance Company OF PHILADELPHIA

The Georgia Home Insurance Company

The Home Indemnity Company, New York

STRENGTH

REPUTATION -:- SERVICE

CLINTON D. LASHER and HOWARD A. REYNOLDS, Managers

PAUL A. NORMAND Associate Manager

HUGH S. COBURN Assistant Manager

R. B. MATHEWS Manager Service Department

CLAYTON E. ROBERTS Marine Manager

341 Montgomery Street

Tel. EX brook 5600

(1940) R. L. POLK & CO'S

INSURANCE

NATIONAL FIRE GROUP

OF HARTFORD, CONN.

PACIFIC DEPARTMENT

National Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford

Mechanics and Traders Insurance Co. of Connecticut

Colonial Fire Underwriters Agency

Franklin National Insurance Co. of New York

234 BUSH STREET

PHONE DO UGLAS 3665

"One of the World's Largest Insurance Institutions."

PEARL ASSURANCE COMPANY Ltd. OF LONDON, ENGLAND

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Polk's Crocker-Langley San Francisco city directory, 1940, Part 588

Author: R.L. Polk & Co Publication date: 1930 Publisher: San Francisco, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co. Number of Pages: 1700

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: San Francisco, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1700