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MEMBERS
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE AND OTHER LEADING EXCHANGES
221 Montgomery St.
EXbrook 2311
SAN FRANCISCO
SPOKANE SAN DIEGO
SANTA MONICA
SANTA ANA
COMMODITIES
HOME OFFICE: 70 PINE STREET, NEW YORK
Pacific Coast Offices
SAN FRANCISCO
LOS ANGELES LONG BEACH
STOCKS
SEATTLE PASADENA PORTLAND POMONA
BONDS
HOLLYWOOD
SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1942)
CARLETON W. HYDE Resident Manager
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BONDS AND STOCKS
Schwabacher
Co.
MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE (Associate) CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
600 MARKET STREET - SU TTER 5600
NEW YORK HOLLYWOOD
DEL MONTE BEVERLY HILLS
OAKLAND FRESNO
LOS ANGELES SANTA BARBARA
SACRAMENTO
INVEST
A portion of your advertising money in City Directory Advertising . . . it pays big dividends in satisfaction with the knowledge that all your other advertising investments are protected with the first principal of advertising . . . Reference Advertising ... City Directory Advertising.
BREWERIES
THE CALL'S FOR
Rainier, BEER & ALE!
Directions for finding GOOD CHEER: Look up the nearest dealer featuring Rainier Beer and Ale.
This famous family of fine brews-pro- duced in the West's largest, most modern brewery-is first for thirst.
Rainier Old Stock Ale is the West's larg- est-selling Ale. Rainier Club Extra Pale Beer is the West's fastest growing favorite. Also outstanding are zestful Rainier Special Ex- port Lager Beer, mellow Rainier Half & Half (ale and porter) and vigorous Rainier Stout. Next time, call for Rainier for good cheer !
Rainier Brewing Company . San Francisco
BUY DEFENSE BONDS AND STAMPS!
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
BREWERIES
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*
FTER all is said and done-
there is really only one
REGAL PALE
Regal Amber Brewing Co., San Francisco, California
REGAN
BEER
REGAL PALE BEER
BRICK
STOCKTON FIRE BRICK COMPANY
RUSS BUILDING
Telephone GA rfield 4770
San Francisco
CALIFORNIA YARDS: LIVERMORE LINCOLN PITTSBURG
A Prospective Purchaser
Turns to the Advertising Department Covering the Desired Business and Selects Certain Names and Addresses. .
WILL HE FIND YOUR ADVERTISEMENT THERE?
If not, you lose the business, and your com- petitor gets it through his advertisement in the Directory. -
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BUILDING MATERIALS
GUNN, CARLE & COMPANY
(Distributors)
San Francisco: 20 Potrero Avenue
UN derhill 5480
MATERIALS AND TRADE NAMES:
Building Paper Sisalkraft
Blinds-Venetian Gunn-Carle
Concrete Reinforcing Steel and Mesh
Expansion Joint
Carey Elastite
Preservative-Against Termites ... Cabots Conservo
Floor Armor
Hexteel & Acme
Shingle Stains Cabots Creosote
Floor Clips Bull Dog
Steel-Reinforcing and Mesh
Waterproofing
Cabots and Sealcon
Sky Lights, Permanent "Steelead"
Floor Hardener and Dustproofing Lapidolith
Floor Preservative
Lignophol
Flooring -Mastic
Duraflex
Hand Trucks for Every Service
Insulation-Sound and Thermal
and Kimsul
Hand Lift Trucks
"Revolvator"
Joist Hangers
SPECIAL SERVICES-Free catalogues on all the above representations. Will be glad to advise on the application of any of our commodities.
Since 1902-40 Years in San Francisco
DRY PLASTERING
Sheetrock
Wallboard with "PERFATAPE" (Special Filler and Tape)
Costs No More
Standard in 48 States
Approved
by U. S. Gov't (F.H.A.) and Architects and Builders Everywhere For Best Walls and Ceilings
Easy to Apply and Finish-Very, Very Durable-Extra Strong and Smooth Almost Never Cracks ( plaster on wood lath always cracks)
Saves Time and labor, and you always make a good job 600 per cent increase in use in last three years in Northern California Ask Us! We are headquarters for Sheetrock for 17 years ALSO 30-WALL AND INSULATION BOARDS-30 (We have the largest line)
Insulation, Deadening, Wallboards, Display and Building Boards DEPT. of Architectural Moulding and Ornaments in Wood, Compo and Fine Plaster-Renaissance, English, French, etc.
WESTERN BUILDERS' SUPPLY CO.
Telephones : EX brook 1711-1712
401 Fourth Street, San Francisco
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
Floor Color Hardener for Concrete "Permalith"
Stained Shingles
Cabots Creosoted
Casters, Wheels and Glides Darnell
Gratings-Steel Flooring and Safety Steps .. Kerlow Cabots Quilt
Wheelbarrows and Concrete Buggies
Portable Elevators
Mortar Colors Cabots
Paints for Concrete and Brick Medusa
Paints, Non-fading Cabots
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BUS LINES
AMERICA'S FAVORITE TRAVEL SYSTEM
* Convenient Service
* De Luxe Super-Coaches
* Lowest of Fares
DEPOT: 5th & MISSION
PHONE DO. 8633
Greyhound Lines
GREYHOUND
This City Directory is placed on file in various Directory Libraries maintained by the publishers throughout the United States
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
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CEMETERIES
MAUSOLEUM COLUMBARIUM CEMETERY
CREMATORIUM
The most beautiful Edifices and Sanctuaries in the West.
Supt. Office-Colma, RA. 6588 or RA. 0637 City Office-Phelan Bldg., GA. 3704
Write for Book of Views
WOODLAWN MEMORIAL PARK MASONIC CEMETERY ASSOCIATION-NON-SECTARIAN
OLIVET MEMORIAL PARK
OLIVET MEMORIAL PARK
CEMETERY Phone DE laware 0322
"Your Preference Respected"
CREMATORY
COLUMBARIUM
MAUSOLEUM Colma, California
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
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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
HASTINGS
IBLUE BOOK
OF FASHION
Hickey-Freeman Clothes ... Kuppenheimer Clothes ... Arrow Shirts . .. Bostonian Shoes ... Knox Hats ... Johnston & Murphy Shoes . . . Holeproof Hose ... Wilson Bros. Sports- wear ... Swank Jewelry ... Arrow Ties & Underwear ... Faultless No-Belt Pajamas
the modern Hastings five convenient locotions
POWELL a! GEARY, St. Francis Hotel POST and KEARNY 882 MARKET ST., Flood Building 22 POWELL ST., near Market In Oakland: 1530 BROADWAY
HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES Stetson Hats . Manhattan Shirts
MOORE'S OAKLAND BERKELEY 2260 Telegraph 1450 Broadway
SAN FRANCISCO 840 Market . 141 Kearny
PAUSON & CO. Exclusive San Francisco Home of SOCIETY BRAND AND AVENUE CLOTHES FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN SUTTER AT KEARNY
Arrow Shirts and a Complete Line of Haberdashery
Knox and Avenue Hats Florsheim Shoes
SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1942)
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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
COLLECTIONS
ESTABLISHED 1910
TELEPHONE SUTTER 1550 CONNECTING ALL DEPARTMENTS
California Collection Agency, Jnr.
331-339 RUSS BUILDING 235 MONTGOMERY STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
MEMBER CENTRAL CREDIT REPORTING BUREAU
LICENSED BY AND BONDED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE REFERENCES FURNISHED
NO COLLECTION-NO CHARGE REPORTS AND REMITTANCES PROMPTLY MADE
ACME CREDIT AND ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (A CORPORATION)
1182 MARKET STREET Room 310
BONDED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Telephones MA rket 7818-7819
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
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COLLECTIONS
LICENSED AND BONDED
-.-
PACIFIC COAST ADJUSTMENT COMPANY COLLECTIONS-ADJUSTMENTS Telephone SU tter 5661
O. H. FITZPATRICK, Manager
757 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
COOPERS
Phone HE mlock 3600
COUPE
RN
RA
HARD FIR
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USA
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
REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
WESTERN COOPERAGE CO.
14th and Harrison Sts.
San Francisco, Calif.
The City Directory
Does not compete with any other advertising medium, but sup- plements and complements all other forms of mercantile publicity. Intelligent Directory Advertising describes desirable merchan- dise attractively and directs you to the door of the man who has it for sale.
SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1942)
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CREDIT REPORTS
CREO
AS LERS REPORTS SOCIATION
THI
FOUNDED 1894
SAN FRANCISCO
CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS
For Efficient Handling of Consumer Credit Reports and Collections Refer to
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
S CREDIT
RETAILERS
ASS
REPORTS
OCIATION
FOUNDED 1894 COLLECTIONS SAN FRANCISCO
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
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DEPARTMENT STORES
Verdier Cellars .. . .
Here you will find the finest wines and liquors the world has to offer at the lowest available prices.
VERDIERA
CELLARS
Normandy Lane
City DOUGLAS 4100
Paris PAUL VERDIER, Prof.
Geary at Stockton
"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 ZZND
"Cheerful" Credit, the Easiest Way
to Buy Clothing - Your Terms - More Than
90 Days to Pay !
SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY (1942)
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DEPARTMENT STORES
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.
Me Emporium
MARKET AT POWELL
EXbrook 6800
1876
SAN FRANCISCO Market at Fifth
SUtter 8000
1942
OAKLAND Washington at 10th, 11th
Hale Bros CALIFORNIA STORES
SAN JOSE First and San Carios
SACRAMENTO 9th and K Streets
Serving Northern California Since 1876
HALE'S Missian Store Mission Near 22nd
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
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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
San Francisco's distinguished department store in the heart of the smart shopping district!
apparel for men, women, boys, girls
china, draperies, bedding, pictures
accessories, shoes, millinery, fabrics
refrigerators and washers stoves
books, stationery, toiletries, notions
radios sporting goods homewares
linens, accasional furniture glass
THE WHITE HOUSE
beauty salon, travel service
RAPHAEL WEILL & COMPANY
SUTTER, GRANT, POST . TELEPHONE EXbrook 5000
synonymous with quality, integrity, and flawless good taste since 1854
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DEPARTMENT STORES
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.
Majestic
GEO. H. SANDY & CO
2474 MISSION STREET Bet. 20th and 21st . Phone AT water 0650
. 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 charges of any kind.
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. RETAIL STORE
Mission at Army Streets
San Francisco
Tel. VA lencia 2400
DEPARTMENT STORES AND SPECIALTY SHOPS
COSGRAVE'S
WOMEN'S
COATS DRESSES FURS
SUITS
CHARGE ACCOUNTS
BUDGET ACCOUNTS
AS LONG AS 10 MONTHS TO PAY
398 POST STREET
SAN FRANCISCO
Phone GArfield 8880
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
DEPARTMENT STORES AND SPECIALTY SHOPS
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It means something the world over when you say it came from Gump's
CHINA GLASS
ORIENTAL ARTS PAINTINGS GIFTS
SILVER
GUMP'S
250 POST STREET SAN FRANCISCO
2200 KALAKAUA AVE. HONOLULU
Serving San Francisco Since 1850
Nathan-Dohrmann
SAN FRANCISCO
Geary at Stockton Sts. GArfield 4343
Tablewares of all kinds in- cluding China, Glass and Silver.
Home Furnishings . .. Lamps, Shades, Artwares, Radios, and Fireplace Ac- cessories.
Kitchen Equipment of all kinds including Ranges, Refrigerators, Washers, Ironers and Vacuum Cleaners.
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DEPARTMENT STORES AND SPECIALTY SHOPS
GA rfield 6240
Furs Since 1864
H . LIEBES & CO GRANT AVENUE AT POST STREET
WOMEN'S APPAREL
BEAUTY SALON
ACCESSORIES FURS
TOILETRIES
Livingston Toros.
"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
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
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DEPARTMENT STORES AND SPECIALTY SHOPS
I. MAGNIN & CO.
GRANT AVENUE AT GEARY
Women's and Misses' apparel and accessories
METROPOLITAN SHOPS
San Francisco Grant Avenue at Geary
Oakland Broadway at Twentieth Los Angeles. .. Wilshire Blvd. at New Hampshire
Pasadena 550 E. Colorado
Santa Barbara 1315 State Street
Seattle Fifth Avenue at Union
RESORT SHOPS
Coronado. Hotel Del Coronado
Arrowhead . Arrowhead Springs Hotel
Del Monte. Hotel Del Monte
IN SEASON
Pasadena. Hotel Huntington
Pasadena. Vista Del Arroyo
Palm Springs. El Mirador Hotel
DETECTIVE AGENCIES
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
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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
776 Folsom Street San Francisco, Calif.
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
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.
FRESNO 442 P Street
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
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EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
San Francisco Office 593 Market, DO uglas 2850
Oakland Office 1440 Broadway, HI gate 7130
SCOFIELD'S
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY (Sales - Clerical - Technical)
BUSINESS COLLEGE (Secretarial, Comptometer, Ediphone, Bookkeeping, Etc.)
Letter Shop-426 Russ Bldg .- (Multigraphing, Typing, Mimeographing)
FLORISTS
"A Gift of Flowers Is Always More Appreciated if from America's Most Famous Florists"
FLOWERS
and Floral Decorations from Podesta & Baldocchi, America's Most Famous Florists, are noted for their beauty and artistry. Whether it be a simple corsage or elab- orate decorations for a pretentious wedding, each order is filled with painstaking care and delivered in Podesta & Baldocchi's beautiful and unusual air-conditioned Floralcars. Yet, because of volume business you pay no more for the extra quality and extra prestige of Podesta & Baldocchi flowers.
TELEPHONE: SUtter 6200
Podesta & Baldocchi
224 GRANT AVE., SAN FRANCISCO
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.
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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: BTAIN FRIENDS THROUGH COURTESY
Overland Freight Transfer Company
DRAYAGE and WAREHOUSING
Forwarding and Distribution of Rail and Water Shipments
Main Office, 201 California Street
San Francisco, Cal.
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
U. A. Andersant
Funeral Director and Embalmer
CHAS. A. ANDERSON RENO F. ANDERSON CLIFFORD E. ANDERSON
1387 VALENCIA ST. (Near 25th St.)
TRANS-BAY SERVICE
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Phone : Mission 0150
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
92 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
IN. GRAY & CO. 11110
Funeral Service
SAN FRANCISCO: 1545 Divisadero at Post St. Telephone: WA Inut 1231
BURLINGAME:
221 Park Road
Telephone 3789
PRICES ANY FAMILY CAN AFFORD
FREE PARKING
CENTRAL LOCATION
AIR-CONDITIONING
TELEPHONE OR DWAY 3000
HALSTED &CO
Since 1883
Funeral Directors
Superior Services at any price the family desires
1123 SUTTER near LARKIN SAN FRANCISCO'S LEADING MORTICIAN
For a flawless tribute distinguished by beauty and thoughtful understanding call . . . day or night ...
ORdway 3000
1123 Sutter Near Larkin
LADY ATTENDANT
H. FRED SUHR, Pres. HERBERT F. SUHR, Mgr.
H. F. SUUR CO., INC. MORTICIANS 2919 MISSION STREET, Between 25th and 26th
Phone MI ssion 1811
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
SUHR & WIEBOLDT
FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS Phone MI ssion 3614 1465 to 1473 VALENCIA STREET Between 25th and 26th Streets SAN FRANCISCO
FURNITURE
W & J
SLOANE SUTTER near GRANT · GARFIELD 2827
Interior Design
Fabrics
Furniture
Floor Coverings
Lamps
Gifts
COMPLETE HOME FURNISHINGS AND INTERIOR DECORATION
Furniture ?
Your Promise to Pay is enough!
Complete Home Furnishers for Over a Third of a Century
RUGS CARPETS LINOLEUMS
17 REASONS why
REDLICKS REDLICK-NEWMAN CO.
17 REASONS why
CORNER 17 and MISSION
GAS RANGES REFRIGERATORS RADIOS
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FURNITURE
STERLING
f.
FURNITURE COMPANY · BUNSTER & SAXE
1049 Market Street
Telephone MArket 1780
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.
FURS
Arnold Liebes
furo
* traditionally finest furs
* storage
* repair
* manufacture
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FURS
ROWS ROWS AND ROWS
IT'S SO-O-O EASY TO CHOOSE YOUR
OF FINE
FURS FROM ROWS & ROWS OF THESE FINE READY TO WEAR
FURS
FURS
SHOP AND SAVE
CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST SELECTION 1000-1942-43 FINE FUR COATS IN EVERY PRICE RANGE
EASY CREDIT SMALL DOWN PAYMENT
Poy At Yaur Branch Bank - Anywhere. No Delay TRADE - INS ACCEPTED
Featuring
$159
This Group For Less Than
Russian Squirrel-No. I Weasel (made from imported skins ) - Mink-Dyed Muskrat - Imported Caracul - Marten-Dyed Skunk-Natural and Dyed Fox-Squirrel Lockes (pieced squirrel) - Mink Gills - Hudson Seal (dyed muskrat) - Imported Persian Paw - Mink-Dyed Marmot . . . all colors and sizes-Trade-ins accepted.
FUR COATS CLEANED $2.95 FUR COATS GLAZED
$1.00
FUR DOCTOR SERVICE INCLUDES FREE GLAZING ANY FUR ANY TIME that has the Fur Doctor Label. The largest, up to date, dry-steam glazing ma- chines on the Pacific Coast.
FOR INFORMATION CALL
MARKET 8181
OPEN TIL 7 P.M. EASY PARKING
SEE OUR WINDOWS
California's
FUR DOCTOR and STAFF
1521 MARKET at Van Ness ®
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FURS
The nome Fur Co. IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED OUT OF THE HIGH RENT DISTRICT, THEREBY GUARANTEEING YOU A Saving
The NOME FUR CO.
$ SAVED
FUR COATS CLEANED $295 FUR COATS GLAZED $100
Subject to Price Changes Due to Uncontrollable Conditions
EVERYTHING IN FURS Designers - -- Creators
GARMENTS MADE TO ORDER
Budget Payments if Desired
RESTYLING
CLEANING
REPAIRING
STORAGE
BETWEEN PINE AND CALIFORNIA
1429 POLK
SAN FRANCISCO
Call
ORD WAY
6140
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GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANIES
Gas and Electric Service
LIGHT . HEAT · POWER To Homes, Business and Industries
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
Telephone
Division Office: 445-447 Sutter Street
SU tter 4211
Branch Offices: 18th and Shotwell Streets
SU tter 4211
Daly City: 12 Wellington Street
DE laware 2191
South San Francisco: 400 Linden Avenue So. S. F. 1305
General Offices of the Company: 245 Market Street SU tter 4211
For Prompt, Dependable Service Call SU tter 4211
P.G. and E. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
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GROCERS-WHOLESALE
Monteverde & Parodi, Inc. Importers-FOOD PRODUCTS-Exporters Wholesale Liquor Dealers
Tiger Brand Olive Oil Sasso Olive Oil Nave Brand Olive Oil
OLIVE OIL
Salted Anchovies Filets of Anchovies Sardines in Olive Oil
Pacific Coast Headquarters for Montrola Brand Cottonseed Oil
Montecatini Salts
Reggiano Cheese
Colombo Gorgonzola Cheese
Mexican Garbanzos and Other Imported Specialties
Exclusive Distributors
MacAlister V. O. V. Blended Scotch Whiskey-86.8 Proof
Ferrero Italian Vermouth Alcohol 15.9% by Volume
Roy Cognac-84 Proof
Ferrero Italian Marsala Wine Alcohol 17% by Volume
Fortuna-Fontana Chianti Wine
LIQUORE GALLIANO A Liqueur-Alcohol 40% by Volume
100-110 BROADWAY Phones: SU tter 1175-1176-1177 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
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GROCERS -- WHOLESALE
SW
FRUITS
SON
COFFEE
FINE FOOD PRODUCTS
CONSISTENTLY THE BEST
SW mellowid COFFEE
YOU'LL NEVER GO WRONG ON SW
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
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.
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HOTELS
VISIT DEL MONTE america's Foremost Resort
Del Monte, on the historic Monterey Peninsula, is only 3 hours from San Francisco by train or motor and one hour by air. There are four famous golf courses, including Pebble Beach, and every sport facility available, in a glorious setting of mountains, forest and sea.
CARL S. STANLEY, Manager HOTEL DEL MONTE DEL MONTE, CALIFORNIA
San Francisco Office: 411 Crocker Bldg., Telephone GA rfield 4533
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HOTELS
HOTEL WHITCOMB
AT CIVIC CENTER SAN FRANCISCO
Rooms With Bath From $2.50
500 ROOMS
Location: 8th Street at Market One block from the new Western Furniture Exchange & Merchandise Mart.
Garage Within Building
Home af O. P. M. Contract Distribution Exhibits
KARL C. WEBER, Managing Director
OLD ENGLISH WHITCOMB INN AND DICKENS PUB
THE SILVER TOP COCKTAIL LOUNGE
Excellent Banquet Facilities - Accommodating 20 to 1000 Persons
Operators of Mart Club and Official Caterers to Furniture Mart
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
INSECTICIDES
AMERICAN MARINE FUMIGATING CO., INC. LICENSED BY THE STATE BONDED BY "LLOYD'S"
CYANIDE - FUMIGATION
786 Harrison Street
24-Hour Service
Call EX brook 8200
SANILINE EXTERMINATING SERVICE SANILINE SERVICE
Dirision of Western Chemical Corp. SPECIALIZED SCIENTIFIC EXTERMINATION Roaches - Silverfish - Ants - Moths and Fleas Low Rates Work Guaranteed
SANILINE PRODUCTS Scientifically Prepared for Pest Control
Easy to Apply - Guaranteed
-
245-8TH STREET
Factory Prices MA rket 8300
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INSURANCE
STRENG
TH
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
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INSURANCE
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ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
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