Polk's Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda city directory, 1927, Part 20

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1927
Publisher: Oakland, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 2152

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A Store in Which You May Shop With Confidence in the Quality and Right Style of the Merchandise

FOR 38 YEARS OAKLAND'S PROGRESSIVE STORE

60 Upstairs Departments and a Bargain Basement to Supply Your Merchandise Wants

BEAUTY PARLORS AND REDUCYCLE TREATMENTS

Clay, 14th and 15th Sts.

Phone Lakeside 6240

B. F. SCHLESINGER & SONS

The Metropolitan Store in the Heart of Oakland

Telephone Lakeside 1

Entrances on Three Streets

Broadway, San Pablo and 16th OAKLAND

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DEPARTMENT STORES

WHITTHORNE & SWAN

Oakland's Department Store That Undersells

WE CAN and DO

Sell Good, Clean, Staple Merchandise Cheaper Than Any Other Store in Oakland Your Money Cheerfully Refunded - If You Ever Doubt It

Washington St. at 10th and 11th

Phone Lakeside 7200

DEPARTMENT STORES

"The House That Service Built"

J. F. HINK & SON, Inc. DRY GOODS LADIES' READY TO WEAR

Shattuck at Kittridge Street BERKELEY

"A Greater Store in the Fall of 1927"

MORE GOODS

ADE BOUGHT AND SOLD · THROUGH THE

CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS

OF THE DIRECTORY~ -THAN

ANY OTHER MEDIUM

ON EARTH

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DOORS

The California Door Company

FIFTEENTH and WOOD STS., OAKLAND DOORS, WINDOWS AND BLINDS, FRAMES, MOULDINGS AND FINISH, WINDOW GLASS, ART AND LEADED GLASS

BRANCH OFFICES

2065 Webster Street OAKLAND

1911 Shattuck Ave. BERKELEY

Redwood Manufacturers Co.

SASH-DOORS-MILLWORK REDWOOD AND PINE FINISH TANKS-PIPES-SILOS

950 Aileen St.

Phone Piedmont 326 OAKLAND

DRINKING WATER

Our Motto: "Sanitation"

Our Aim : "Prompt Service"

FROM ALHAMBRA SPR

DRINK DIRECT Alhambra RINGS A

PURE SPRING WATER

"Good for , you"

TRA COSTA COUNTY CALIFOR

Phone Pied. 774

"Nu-Life" Radium Generator "A Mine of Health in Itself" We Have a Rental Plan

Mention "City Directory" and get First Bottle FREE

A Pure Spring Water for Home and Office 5736 Telegraph Ave. Oakland

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DRINKING WATER

For

PELICAN PURE WATER CO. fills the bill

Pure Drinking Water

Distilled Water

PELICAN PURE WATER CO. "fills the bill

Phone Elmhurst 878

PELICAN PURE WATER CO.

3401 64th Ave. Place Oakland

DRUGGISTS

G. W. Appleton Prescription Druggist

Medicines of Quality-Sick Room Supplies

Medical Building 1900 Franklin Street Tel. Lakeside 25

OAKLAND

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ELECTROLYSIS

SUPERFLUOUS HAIRS Positively Destroyed-Your Beauty Restored

Electrolysis is the only method endorsed by physicians. We have thirty years' experience and guarantee the permanent removal of all hairs treated. Expert operators and reasonable prices. Send for Booklet A.

MME. STIVER

Suite 423-424 First National Bldg., Oakland PHONE GLENCOURT 3287 Suite 723, 133 Geary St., San Francisco. Phone Douglas 5232

FENCE MFRS.

Standard Fence Company WIRE AND IRON WORKS

Phone Piedmont 646 Main Office and Plant, 60th and Lowell Sts. OAKLAND

Factory Protection Fence.

Ornamental Wire and Iron Fence.

Field and Poultry Fence.

Aviary and Tennis Court Fence.

Woven Wire Fence.

Wire Screen.

Flexible Conveyor Belts.

Wire Specialties.

Ornamental Iron Grilles, Etc.

MORE GOODS

ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD

THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS OF THE DIRECTORY. THAN

ANY OTHER MEDIUM

ON EARTH

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FERRY SERVICE

OND AND SAN R

RICH

FAEL

COSTA

MARIN

JAN PADIO DO.

CONTRA

102

FERR

COUNTY

COMPANY

NSPORTATION

RICHMOND-SAN RAFAEL

AUTOMOBILE and PASSENGER FERRY

Short Route to all points in Marin, Sonoma and Coast Counties

Richmond & San Rafael Ferry & Transportation Co.

Phone Richmond 231

Phone San Rafael 827-W

FLORISTS

MEMBER FLORISTS TELEGRAPH DELIVERY ASSOCIATION

THORSTED FLORAL CO. STORES

1438 Broadway Syndicate Bldg. Phone Oakland 3821

3246 Grand Ave. Phone Glencourt 281

FOUNDRIES

S. D. RUSSELL, President

T. A. RUSSELL, Vice-President

D. GUILD, JR., Secretary

GEO. W. RUSSELL, Asst. Secty.

PHONE OAKLAND 5146

PHOENIX IRON WORKS CO.

Incorporated 1901

Machine Work Pattern Work Quarry Repairs Morgan Furnace

SECOND AND CASTRO STS. OAKLAND, CALIF.

Gray Iron Semi-Steel Chilled Iron White Iron

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FURNITURE

Everything For Your Home, on Very Easy Terms at

Bicune's,

Home Furnishers for 71 Years Clay at Fifteenth OAKLAND

FURNITURE for every room in your home-Rugs-Carpets-Draperies-Bedding- Pianos - Radios - Phonographs - Stoves - Household Wares - China - Silverware - Lamps - Mirrors - Art Goods

Samples and estimates on Interior Decorating given without charge

Jackson Furniture Co.

Complete Home Furnishing Department Store ONE PRICE-CASH OR CREDIT No Interest-No Carrying Charges Two Entrances: CLAY STREET-14TH STREET Telephone Lakeside 5800 OAKLAND

GLASS

I.P.G. ELECTRONEAL ILLINOIS PACIFIC GLASS CORPORATION

Pack in Glass Show Your Product Buy It in Glass See What You Buy

Sole Manufacturers Electroneal Glass Containers of All Descriptions Catsup Bottles Milk Bottles

Storage Containers Pickle and Preserve Ware

Illinois Pacific Glass Corporation

Factory 15th and Folsom Sts. San Francisco

Branch Office Oakland, Cal., 1744 Broadway

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GRANITE AND MARBLE

SANDERS

Piedmont Memorial Co.

Designers-Builders Mausoleums Monuments Building Granite

Corner Piedmont and Pleasant Valley Aves. Oakland, California Phone Pied. 8927

GROCERS, WHOLESALE

LAIZA OLIVE OIL

MONTEVERDE, ROLANDELLI & PARODI, Inc.

IMPORTERS - WHOLESALE GROCERS

Phones Davenport 267-268-269

100-110 Broadway

"Tiger" Brand Olive Oil "Sassos" Olive Oil "Nave" Olive Oil "Monteverde" Olive Oil "Rolandelli" Olive Oil Angelo Parodi Fu Bmeo Tunny Fish in Olive Oil (In all size cans) Salted Anchovies

"Lunch" and "Club" Sardines "Pretto" Brand Canned. Goods "Martini and Rossi" Non-Alcoholic Vermouth Pacific Coast Headquarters for Reggiano Cheese Gorgonzola Cheese Mexican Garbanzos and Other Imported Specialties

HARDWARE

Maxwell HARDWARE CO.

General Hardware

Household Goods, Crockery, Glassware, Kitchen Utensils, Stoves and Ranges, Sporting Goods, Paints and Varnishes, Silverware, Luggage, Electrical Appliances, Washing Machines, Vacuum Cleaners, Electric Lighting Fixtures

13th, 14th and Washington St.

Phone Lakeside 8200

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HARDWARE

159

WESTERN HEAVY HARDWARE & IRON CO. INCORPORATED

JOBBERS OF

SHOP SUPPLIES-AUTOMOBILE HARDWARE IRON, STEEL, HEAVY HARDWARE, PACKING, ETC.

261-269 Fourth Street OAKLAND Tel. Oakland 920

HARDWOOD LUMBER

HARDWOOD HEADQUARTERS

ASH - BASSWOOD BEECH - BIRCH AROMATIC RED CEDAR CHERRY . . . HOLLY SOUTHERN RED CUM HICKORY - MAGNOLIA MAPLE - PLAIN OAK QUARTERED OAK . TUPELO WYBROCK BENDING DAK POPLAR - WALNUT.

APITONG . . EMONY IRONBARK · JENISERO NOA - SPANISH CEDAR · LIGNUMVITAE · · · MAHOGANY + PHILIPPINE MAHOGANY PRIMAVERA - RED BEAN ROSEWOOD VY SPOTTED GUM - TEAK LUMBER - . TIMBER HARDWOOD FLOORING WYBRO VENEERED RANELS DOWELS .JAEENAU 5 . VENEERS.

TELEPHONE

WHITE BROTHERS ANDOVER 1600

HIGH AND HOWARD STS. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

HEALTH FOOD

California Health Food Service

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Distributors of WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT and W. H. Y. FOOD BEVERAGE NATURAL FRUIT JUICES AND OTHER 100% NATURAL FOODS Consultation in regard to selecting and combining foods without any obligation

268 FOURTEENTH ST. TELEPHONE OAKLAND 2463

The

DIRECTORY IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER

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HEATING

Dickson Holbrook

HEATING SPECIALISTS

2180 DWIGHT WAY, BERKELEY

QUAKER OIL BURNING FURNACE (IT'S NOISELESS)

QUAKER STEEL COAL FURNACE (SUCCESSFUL FOR THIRTY YEARS)

AHL GAS FURNACE (CAN NEVER LEAK-IT'S GUARANTEED)

RELIANCE ALL CAST COAL FURNACE (IT'S MANUFACTURED IN BERKELEY)

We Give You What You Want-Satisfaction

PHONE BERKELEY 347

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HOTEL CLAREMONT

Beauty Spot of California

Berkeley, Calif.

A home-like hotel where kiddies are wel- come. Horseback Riding, Tennis and Golf privileges add to the enjoyment of your stay at this most attractive hotel.

HOTELS

A Residential Hotel on Both the American and European Plan

FORTY MINUTES FROM SAN FRANCISCO VIA KEY ROUTE-SERVICE EVERY TWENTY MINUTES

A FEW MINUTES WALK FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Management Charles Anderson

Phone Berkeley 9300

Twenty-four Acres of Gardens

161

162

HOTELS

Whether you are visiting Oakland for business or pleasure-whether your stay be short or long, the

HOTEL OAKLAND

offers you every first-class Hotel accommo- dation, combined with real service and comfort at reasonable rates.

Ideal Location. Close to all transportation and activities.

Management-W. C. Jurgens Telephone Glencort 7000

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HOTELS

163

HOTEL LEAMINGTON Nineteenth Street at Franklin, Oakland

The finest Hotel in Oakland and one of the most com- plete in the West.

Combining .rest and quiet with con- venience to Oak- land's theater, business and shop- ping district.

All outside rooms with private bath.

Moderate Rates European Plan Garage in Basement

Oakland's Newest and Most Modern Hotel ATTRACTIVE MONTHLY RATES FAY F. GLOVER, MANAGER. Telephone Oakland 2525

HOTEL BERKELEY

ARLTON CALIFORNIA

HOTEL CARLTON

BERKELEY

132 Rooms Telegraph Ave. at Durant Ave. Two Blocks from University of California

Garage Next Door EUROPEAN PLAN

TELEGRAPH AT DURANT AVE Phone Berkelev 5964

DAILY, WEEKLY AND MONTHLY RATES

SPECIAL PERMANENT RATES

HOTEL FEDERAL

HOTEL FEDERAL OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND 1556 BROADWAY-Next to Postoffice LOUIS ABER, Lessee-Manager C. D. WAKELEE, Asst. Mgr. 96 Newly Furnished Rooms Thoroughly Renovated WEEKLY RATE-$7.00 to $10.00 WITH BATH-$10.00 to $14.00

15 50 -BROADWAY

Lobby-Mezzanine Parlor-Writing and Smoking Rooms

$1.50 Daily Rate; $2.00 Bath

Free Garage

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HOTELS

Tintel Menla

The Most Popular Hotel in Oakland In the Heart of the City

13th and Webster Phone Lakeside 725

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

RATES $1.50 TO $3.00 PER DAY Special Rates by the Week or Month Inspection invited

I. M. THEURER Proprietor

BAYARD WOOLEN Manager

Rates Reasonable Always a Good Room for $1.50

SPECIAL RATES TO PERMANENTS Cafe in Connection Handy to Garage

Hotel San Pablo

A HOMELIKE HOTEL

M. J. VAYSSIE MANAGEMENT

Phone Oakland 2404 San Pablo at Twentieth OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND'S NEWEST HOTEL Hotel Touraine

OFFERS

Room Without Bath $1.50 per Day Up Room With Bath $2.00 per Day Up For Extra Person Add 50c ATTRACTIVE PERMANENT RATES Every Room an Outside Room Management of Wm. Jacobs

Telephone Lakeside 2100 16th and Clay St.

L. J. SMITH, Mgr.

TEL. LAKESIDE 1416

Hotel Woodrow

14TH AND GROVE STREETS Rooms: $1.50 to $2.00 a Day Attractive Rates for Permanent Guests NEW MODERN STEEL FRAME FIREPROOF BUILDING All Sunny Outside Rooms Convenient to Key Route and All Railroad Depots

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HOUSE MOVERS

165

HERBERT D. BAKER HOUSE MOVER

House Moving and Raising, Brick Shoring, Rigging, Raise Smoke Stacks, Trusses and Girders-Move Heavy Machinery PHONE RICHMOND 52

17th and Gaynor Ave.

RICHMOND, CALIF.

HOUSEHOLD GOODS

DILL CO.

1116-18 Washington Street Phone Lakeside 2793

HOUSEWARES HARDWARE

Mail Orders Given Special Attention

Crockery, Cutlery, Electrical Goods, Kitchenware, Baby Goods

A New Restroom For Your Convenience

INSURANCE

Harry Hollidge

Jess Berger

BERGER HOLLIDGE

Insurance Brokers 1441 FRANKLIN STREET, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA Glencort 7835 We Insure Anything Against Everything

L. S. HOTCHKISS C. ELMER WHITE HARRY R. SCHROETER Clay, Hotchkiss & Schroeter Insurance Established May 7, 1870 Telephone Oakland 1214 201-2-3 Plaza Bldg., 15th and Washington Sts. OAKLAND

ALWAYS DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO INSURANCE

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INSURANCE

WALTER T. HAINES

WALTER T. HAINES Life Underwriter

Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

ALL FORMS OF LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES 6th Floor Oakland Bank Building Phone Lakeside 4066 Residence Phone Humboldt 3506

"Banks Pay What You Save"

The Equitable Pays What You Intended to Save

HOME ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY HOME FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

Automobile Insurance

Syndicate Building Oakland

Alaska Commercial Building San Francisco

E. E. (Bud) HUNT

District Manager Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association

Nothing but Insurance Accident, Health and Life Specialists and we Write all lines of Insurance

District Manager United Benefit Life Insurance Company

602 Plaza Building 15th and Washington Sts. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

Phone Oakland 1301

CITY DIRECTORIES COMPILED FROM A Door-to-Door Canvass ARE THE Cornerstones of All Good Mailing Lists

R. L. POLK & COMPANY

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INSURANCE

OAK. 4488 PHONE THE OAK. 3790 Italian-American Realty Co.

301-304 Bank of Italy Bldg., Oakland, Calif. Joseph L. Bobba, Manager Writing All Classes of INSURANCE in the Best Stock Companies Specializing in Automobile, Compensation, Fire, Accident and Health, Liability Prompt and Courteous Personal Attention to All Claims

S. JACKSON SONS

(Established 1898)

FIRE

LIFE

ACCIDENT AUTOMOBILE

General Insurance

Providence Washington Insurance Co.

Agents for Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co.

New Zealand Insurance Co. Colonial Fire Underwriters Caledonian Insurance Co. REAL ESTATE LOANS INVESTMENTS

424 17th

OAKLAND

Lakeside 798

INSURE WITH

KERR McCANDLISH

ALL LINES OF INSURANCE Representing the following Fire Companies

Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co.

Security Insurance Co.

Northern Assurance Co. of London Philadelphia F. & M. Ins. Co.

Telephone Glencourt 9650

706 Oakland Bank Bldg.

OAKLAND

12th and Broadway

Home Insurance Company OF NEW YORK A. M. MAGILL, Agent 405 SYNDICATE BUILDING

1440 Broadway

OAKLAND Phone Glencourt 1999

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INSURANCE

Founded 1868

Capital Fully Paid $3,000,000

THE PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA

Our new Multiple Protection Policy protects you and your loved ones against the five great hazards of life-

1. Sickness 2. Accident

3. Permanent Total Disability

4. Old Age 5. Death "it pays 5 ways"

OAKLAND BRANCH OFFICE

1220-27 Central Bank Bldg. Phones: Glencourt 7676-7677

Oakland, California

Cover your Insurance needs by consult- ing an Insurance Service office.

FRED S. STRIPP

BERKELEY 305-6 Chamber of Commerce Building Phone Berkeley 717

INTERIOR DECORATORS

VALUE 4 VALUE 100% STUDIO DE LUXE

UNION HOUSE INTERIOR PAINT DECORATORS OF THE BETTER CLASS Exclusive, Distinct - We Paint Homes, Not Houses Work Done on Easy Payment Plan Established Over 40 Years Quality -- Not Quantity Exclusive and De Luxe Tel. Lakeside 4164

1428 Franklin Street

City Directories Compiled from a Door-to-Door Canvass Are The Cornerstones OFAIT Good Mailing Lists

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IRON AND STEEL CASTINGS

BEST STEEL CASTING CO.

OAKLAND

Foot of 105th Avenue CALIFORNIA

YEARLY CAPACITY: STEEL CASTINGS, 8,000 TONS; IRON CASTINGS, 10,000 TONS

Just another proof of our efficiency-393 electroliers for the City of Oakland.

Iron Castings Electric and Converter Steel Castings One Pound to 12,000 Pounds

Pacific Malleable Castings Company THE PLANT

YEARLY CAPACITY 5,000 TONS MAIN OFFICE AND WORKS Foot of 85th Avenue and S. P. Tracks, Oakland, California PHONE ELMHURST 3067 Sales Office: HOBART BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Phone Kearny 7557

PACIFIC QUALITY HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH SHOCK RESISTING FREE MACHINING ARE YOU OVERLOOKING THE ADVANTAGES OF MALLEABLE IRON IN YOUR PRODUCT ?

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IRON AND WIRE WORKS

EAST BAY IRON WORKS ERNEST A. STOBBE

ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK OF DISTINCTION

Iron Stairs Elevator Enclosures

Store Fronts

Railings Bank Screens

1733 Seventeenth St.

Phone: Oakland 2451

Liberty Ornamental Iron & Wire Works MANUFACTURERS OF Fire Escapes - Stair Rails - Door Grilles - Elevator Cages - Balconies - Folding Gates and Flower Stands 21st and Filbert St., Oakland Phone Oakland 4950

LABORATORIES

THE EDELKRANTZ LABORATORY

2157 Clinton Avenue, Alameda, Cal. Telephone Alameda 2788-W. Cable address Von Resilient Tire Filler Patent Printers Roller Composition Liquid Solder Fire Proof Cloth Magic Beauty Sponge

City Directories Compiled froma Door-to-Door Canvass Are The Cornerstones Of All Good Mailing Lists

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LAUNCHES AND TUGS

Always on the Job

Like the faithful buoy serving the traffic of the sea, the Harbor Tug and Barge Company's fleet is always on duty

365 days are the service year of the Harbor Tug and Barge Co. The efficient organization operating the largest fleet of its kind on the Pacific Coast, including Diesel Tugs, Derrick Barges, Wrecking Gear, etc., performing all forms of Bay and River Tow- ing, is composed of experts who KNOW HOW.

They are ready to serve you-ANY TIME!

TUG&

HAR

THE HANDS ARE MISSING FOR WE NEVER SLEEP AND ARE ALWAYS ON THE JOB

SAN FR

Franklin St. Wharf OAKLAND Telephone Glencourt 6957 The Dominant Service That Spans the Bay

Howard St. Wharf SAN FRANCISCO Telephone Davenport 1855

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LAUNDRIES

WHITE STAR LAUNDRY CO.

Phone Piedmont 308

ANTISEPTIC LAUNDRY CO. Phone Piedmont 514

MME. COINS FRENCH LAUNDRY Phone Piedmont 188

BROADWAY LAUNDRY CO. Phone Piedmont 4071

BROADWAY

AT FORTIETH

STREET

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LAUNDRIES

Old Established

OAKLAND

Particular

NEW PROCESS LAUNDRY CO.

POLITE and PROMPT ATTENTION

Given To: PERSONAL

FAMILY

APARTMENT HOUSE

HOTEL

AND ALL OTHER

WORK

Finished Work Rough Dry Dry Wash

Wet Wash

PHONE FRUITVALE 518

2639 E. 9TH ST. OAKLAND

Market Laundry Co., Inc. Finish, Rough Dry, Dry Wash 718-724 MYRTLE OAKLAND, CAL.

Phone Lakeside 2900

Phone Berk. 725

Nippon Laundry-

T. WASA, Proprietor

2034 Addison Street, BERKELEY, CAL.

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LAW SCHOOLS

San Francisco Law School

Evening Sessions for Men and Women The School is equipped with a well-selected library of over 2,500 Volumes, exclusively for the use of the students. WRITE TODAY FOR CATALOGUE Phone Kearny 4251 Office: 700 Call Bldg. San Francisco, Calif.

LITHOGRAPHERS

Telephone Oakland 1800

Hall-White Company, Inc. Printers, Lithographers, Binders The Only Complete Plant of its Kind in Oakland 775 22d Street OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

LOANS

GWYNN-WRIGHT CO. INC.

FIRST AND SECOND REAL ESTATE LOANS

726-728 Central Bank Building

Phone: Glencort 8630

R. G. HAMILTON & COMPANY INCORPORATED Combination Flat and Installment First Loans FLAT SECOND LOANS

On Good Improved East Bay Real Estate

Phone Oakland 3700

362 Seventeenth

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LUMBER

STRABLE HARDWOOD COMPANY

HARDWOOD LUMBER HARDWOOD FLOORING PANELS WALL BOARD

511-545 FIRST STREET, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA Telephone Oakland 245

E. K. Wood Lumber Co.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN

LUMBER MILL WORK and MOULDING

MILLS Anacortes, Wash. Bellingham, Wash. Hoquiam, Wash. GENERAL OFFICES No. 1 Drumm St. San Francisco, Cal.

Office and Mill Frederick and King Sts. Phone Fruitvale 112

Builders Exchange Phone Glencourt 7212

YARDS Oakland, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. San Pedro, Calif. Santa Ana, Calif. Huntington Beach, Calif. Berkeley, Calif.

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LUMBER

HARDWOOD . HEADQUARTERS

ASH . DASSWOOD · BEECH - BIRCH V AROMATIC RED CEDAR CHERRY . . . HOLLY SOUTHERN RED OUM HICKORY · MAGNOLIA MAPLE - PLAIN OAK QUARTERED OAK . TUPELO WYBROCK NONIDING OAZ POPLAR - WALNUT

APITONO . . EBONY IRONBARK - JENISERO KOA - SPANISH CEDAR · LIGNUMVITAE . · MAHOGANY . . PHILIPPINE MAHOGANY PRIMAVERA - RED BEAN ·VROSEWOOD .. SPOTTED CUM . TEAN LUMBER . . TIMBER HARDWOOD FLOORING WYBRO VENCELES PANELS

TELEPHONE

WHITE BROTHERS HIGH AND HOWARD STS.

ANDOVER 1600

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

MACHINERY AND TOOLS

Fairbanks Scales

OIL ENGINES

Stationary and Marine STEAM PUMPS ELECTRIC MOTORS AND GENERATORS RAILWAY EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES

Fairbanks-Morse & Co.

Spear and Harrison Streets

Tel. Davenport 3560

San Francisco

The DIRECTORY IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER"

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MACHINERY AND TOOLS

SMITH-BOOTH-USHER COMPANY MACHINERY

Special Departments for and Stocks of

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, MACHINE TOOLS, WOODWORKING MACHINERY, PUMPS AND ENGINES, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, SMALL TOOLS AND SUPPLIES

OAKLAND Builders Exchange Glencort 7400

SAN FRANCISCO 50 Fremont Street Sutter 952

The Eby Machinery Co.

Sawmill and Woodworking Machinery, Dowel Door Machinery, Shingle Machinery, Link Belting, Sprocket Wheels, Automatic Wire Tying Machines Manual Training and Pattern Shop Machines, Etc., Etc. 35 to 41 MAIN ST. SAN FRANCISCO

MACHINISTS

P. CHRISTENSEN

N. NIELSEN Pacific Machine Company Model, Experimental and General Machine Work Special Machinery

METAL STAMPING Prompt Service at the Right Price Phone Lakeside 6911 470 Twenty-fifth St., Oakland, Cal.

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MAIL ORDER HOUSES

The Spirit of Progress

To The People of The East Bay

Make our Retail Department Store Your Headquarters for Complete Satisfaction in Buy- ing. Carefully selected sales- people give you prompt and intelligent service.

Compare Our Prices and Quality. See For Yourself Ward's Remarkable Values

montgomery Ward Ho's Retail Store Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back -East 14 th St and 29th Ave. - Oakland, Calif .-

MANTELS

Robert Howden & Sons

Fireplaces

WALL AND FLOOR TILING GRATES - ANDIRONS SCREENS

Agents for AHL GAS FLOOR FURNACE

JA. HUMPHREY Radiantfire REGISTERED TRADE MARK

EverHot

WATER HEATER

1628 Webster Street, Oakland

Tel. Oakland 1983

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MANTELS

179

A Time and Money Saver THE WOODARD PATENTED Reinforced One-Piece Concrete Fireplace Front

Other Factories DENVER, COLO. GREENSBORO, N. C. HAYWARD, CAL. HONOLULU, T. H. LOS ANGELES, CAL. MIAMI, FLA.

U. S. Patent No. 1,527,723 Canada Patent No. 255,721 Cuba Patent No. 7,027 Argentina Patent No. 25,167

Other Factories DETROIT, MICH. ATLANTA, GA. SEATTLE, WASH. HOLLYWOOD, FLA. FT. LAUDERDALE Florida JACKSONVILLE, FLA. SALT LAKE CITY Utah

These artistic mantels are richly ornamental in permanent vari-colored designs of English -French-Dutch-Spanish-Colonial and other types. They are cast in one unit by our own patented process and cured to almost the hardness of steel, and are guaranteed indefinitely. A visit to our display rooms will prove both interesting and instructive.

R. T. WOODARD, Inventor and Manufacturer

Office and Factory No. 1 2166 EAST 27TH STREET OAKLAND, CALIF. Phone: Andover 4032

Factory No. 2 and Display Room 6041 MISSION STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

MERCANTILE AGENCIES

Edwards Mercantile Agency

GENERAL CREDIT INFORMATION

For Merchants, Manufacturers, Banks and Insurance Companies COLLECTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD

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Berkeley and Alameda Directory (1927)

180

METALS

QUICK SERVICE ACCURACY SATISFACTION

C. W. Marwedel

ESTABLISHED 1872

Tools-Shop Supplies

BRASS COPPER STEEL BRONZE ALUMINUM MONEL

METALS

SHEETS RODS TUBES

and WIRE

IN STOCK

Store, 76 First Street Metal Department, 31 Jessie Street SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

John Finn Metal Works

384 Second St., San Francisco, Cal. Tel. Sutter 4188 UNIVERSALLY KNOWN JOHN FINN'S SPECIAL ARMATURE BABBITT METAL Finn's Air Separated Zinc Dust METALS Babbitt-Solder-Newspaper, Tin, Lead and Spelter

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MILK CREAM BUTTER MILK CERTIFIED MILK GRADE A. RAW MILK PASTEURIZED MILK COTTAGE CHEESE ICE CREAM FER-MIL-LAC BUTTER EGGS Oakland Office: 695 37th St., Oakland

TRY Walnut Grove

"The Richer Milk" Daily Deliveries to Alameda - Berkeley - Fruitvale - Oakland - Piedmont

Phone Pied 70

(1927) R. L. Polk & Co.'s, Oakland,

181

MUSIC

EVERYTHING IN MUSIC

Sherman, Clay & Co.

14th and Clay Streets, Oakland Telegraph and Channing Way, Berkeley 3420 E. 14th St., Fruitvale

NEWSPAPERS

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SINCE 1877

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The Inter-City Express

ALAMEDA COUNTY'S LEGAL NEWSPAPER

We publish Daily complete report of: Filings by County Recorder-All matters filed before Superior Court-Building permits for East Bay District-Matters before Superior Court-Bankruptcy Petitions Invaluable to Credit Men, Realtors, Lawyers, Brokers and Salesmen We specialize in Legal Advertising and Keep Familiar With the Law Governing the Giving of Notice by Publication

518-520-522 Broadway, Oakland Telephone: Glencourt 4775

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Berkeley and Alameda Directory (1927)

182

NURSERYMEN

Chas. C. Navlet Co.

Inc.

Nurserymen - Seedsmen - Florists

518 TWELFTH STREET

OAKLAND, CALIF.

Phone Oakland 8074

San Jose

STORES

San Francisco

SUNSET NURSERY CO. ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS, TREES AND VINES

Fruit Trees and Berry Vines Fertilizers and Insecticides Garden Hardware

110 Forty-first Street East of Piedmont Ave.

Tel. Piedmont 1044

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Polk's Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda city directory, 1927, Part 20

Author: R.L. Polk & Co Publication date: 1927 Publisher: Oakland, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co. Number of Pages: 2152

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1927
Publisher: Oakland, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 2152