Polk's Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda city directory, 1927, Part 21

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

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CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS

OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM

ON EARTH

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NURSERYMEN AND LANDSCAPE ENGINEERS

183

ROSES

"Everything That Grows"

PERENNIALS

FRUIT TREES

GRASS SEED

FERTILIZ- ERS

LANDSCAPE-COUNSELORS "Make Your Home a Home Beautiful"

2509 Humboldt Ave.

OAKLAND

Phone Fruitvale 208

NURSES' REGISTRY

CALL

A K L A

Nurses' Registry

Jessie Southern Day and Night Service

D 6 3 2 0

Nurses

Graduate Nurses for Special Calls to

Hospitals and Private Residences

Registered

Graduate

Under Graduate

Practical Male and Female

Residence Phone :

Oakland 8860

314 Hobart-Between Webster and Harrison

OLIVE OIL

STAR BRAND

VERGINE

Star*Brand OLIVE OIL

A. GIURLANI & BRO.

Importers STAR BRAND OLIVE OIL

Foreign Food Products

Table Delicacies

537 FRONT STREET

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

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ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS

TENNYSON NURSERY CO.

Office Hours : 9 to 5 for Appointment

184

OPTOMETRISTS AND OPTICIANS

F. W. Laufer

J. H. MacPherson

Laufer Optical Service INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS

CONVENIENCE ECONOMY PLEASURE COMFORT STYLE

F. W. LAUFER, Inc OPTOMETRISTS

487 Fourteenth Street

Oakland, California

Phone Oakland 4010

Chinn-Beretta Optical Co.

OAKLAND

476 13th Street Phone Glencourt 294

Branch at Capwell's Department Store Phone Lakeside 6240

SAN FRANCISCO

SACRAMENTO STOCKTON FRESNO

SPECTACLES AND EYEGLASSES

should be worn to preserve the sight and give comfort and relief from eyestrain.

We sell

We Never Advise

Glasses Except When Necessary

Artificial Eyes Thermometers Barometers

Telescopes Field Glasses Binoculars

CHAS. H. WOOD Optometrist - Optician 414 Fourteenth St. near Franklin

PHONE GLENCOURT 4586 Sign "The Winking Eye"

OAKLAND, CALIF.

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185

ORIENTAL RUGS

ORIENTAL RUGS (OF FINE QUALITY)

WHEN YOU BUY FROM PARNAY'S YOU ARE POSITIVELY SURE TO GET GENUINE, GOOD RUGS AT REASONABLE PRICES. OUR EXPERT OPINION ALONE IS WORTH HALF THE PRICE OF THE RUG YOU BUY

M. Y. PARNAY 2485 Bancroft Way

BERKELEY

Phone Berkeley 2400

PAINT MFRS.

Phone Elmhurst 6130

WOOLWORTH PAINT COMPANY

Makers of Highest Quality Paints, Flat Whites, Enamel and Varnishes "From Factory to You"

8801 East 14th St.

Oakland, Calif.

PAINTS

SWANSON-UHL COMPANY H. C. SWANSON, Manager WALL PAPER and PAINTS

Distributors Bradley's 100% Pure Paint

Magner Bros. Products

375 TWELFTH STREET

Barreled Sunlight PHONES LAKESIDE 8230-8231

OAKLAND. CALIFORNIA

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186

PAINTS AND VARNISHES

FULLER Since'49

Paints Varnishes

Enamels

Stains

Lacquers Glass

Pioneer White Lead Roofing Paper

W. P. Fuller & Co.

259 10th Street Tel. Oakland 6486

OAKLAND, CAL.

2037 Shattuck Ave.

Tel. Berkeley 7525

BERKELEY, CAL.

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PAINTERS AND DECORATORS

187

Interior Berorating Paperhanging Mond Finishing Painting

Charles Sparwasser 680 Thirty-first Street

Phone Piedmont 2093

Oakland, Cal.

PATENT ATTORNEYS

Patents

Trademarks

Copyrights

CARLOS P. GRIFFIN

Formerly Examiner U. S. Patent Office

304-5-6 FLATIRON BUILDING

SUTTER, CORNER MARKET ST.

PHONE SUTTER 6815

Clarence J. Williams

PATENT ENGINEER INVENTORS' ADVISORY SERVICE INVENTIONS DESIGNED, DEVELOPED AND MARKETED SEARCHES AND VALIDITY REPORTS

1004 American Bank Bldg. Phone Oakland 4896

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PHOTOGRAPHERS

INDUSTRIAL AND ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHER OF "Oakland -- the Industrial Capital of the West"'

HERS

MEMBER

AMERIC

TION . OF

FORD E. SAMUEL

470 13th Street Telephones-Lakeside 576 and Lakeside 577

PIANOS

Tel. Lakeside 7140

PIANOS PLAYERS MUSIC

The Wiley B.Allen O. MASON AND HAMLIN PIANOS

TALKING MACHINES RECORDS

MASON and HAMLIN PIANOS Victor and Brunswick Phonographs and Records

1323 Washington Street Oakland, Calif.

EVERYTHING IN MUSIC

Sherman, Clay & Co.

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

PLUMBING SUPPLIES

George H. Tay Company

Pipe Fittings and Valves Plumbing Supplies Steam and Hot Water Heating Supplies 304 10th, Cor. Harrison OAKLAND Phone Lakeside 4200

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189

For Your

PLUMBING

See

J. A. FREITAS

All our work must be O. K.'d by me personally. That is my way of stopping all your worries. Just call Fruit- vale 3329 and let me help you with your plumbing.

PRINTERS

RUBBER STAMPS AND PRINTING

SEALS

WE MAKE THEM QUICK AND RIGHT

BADGES CHECK PROTECTORS

BELL

BOY

C. R. STAMP & PRINTING CO. PHONE GLENCOURT 4109 1020 BROADWAY - OAKLAND, CALIF.

Telephone Oakland 1800

Hall-White Company, Inc.

Printers, Lithographers, Binders The only complete plant of its kind in Oakland

775 22d Street

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

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PLUMBING

190

PRINTERS

PRINTING

SINCE 1895

What it will do means more to the buyer of attractive printing than what it will cost.

Harrington-McInnis Co.

263-265 12th St., Oakland

Phone Oakland 89

Inter-City Printing Co.

We specialize in printed assistance in selling campaigns. Booklets, Catalogues, Stationery, Office Forms. A telephone call will bring our representative.

Publishers THE INTER-CITY EXPRESS Alameda County's Legal Newspaper

518-520-522 Broadway OAKLAND Tel. Glencourt 4775

PUMPS

Air Compressors Blowers, Vacuum Pumps, Priming Pumps Stationary and Portable Vacuum Cleaners

BAKER Ball bearing-Power serving AIR COMPRESSORS

Baker equipment is used by the large cor- porations and specified by prominent architects and engineers.

BAKER Ball bearing -Porer surviny AIR COMPRESSORS

BAKER-HANSEN MFG. CO.

1900 Park St., Alameda, Calif.

Telephones Alameda 52 and Alameda 465

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191

REAL ESTATE

Expanding with the East Bay

Our 1927 Announcement

East Bay growth has made necessary the expan- sion of this pioneer real estate firm. New execu- tive heads, long trained in Porter Ideals and Por- ter Service, have been added to the organization to work under the direction of F. F. Porter, the President, and to serve in all branches of the Real Estate and Insurance Business.

The New Officers Are:

F. F. Porter, president George Mattis, vice-president Fay G. Taylor, vice-president L. C. Banker, secretary Robert M. Saylor, treasurer

For 27 Years F. F. Porter Company Real Estate and Insurance

411 Fifteenth Street Telephone Lakeside 1000

We Specialize in Business and Industrial Properties

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REAL ESTATE

Homeseekers' and Investors' Opportunities

SMITH RESERVE

The Princely Estate of F. M. "Borax" Smith

Selected years ago by F. M. "Borax" Smith as a private estate when he owned thousands of acres of the finest residential property in the East Bay, Smith Reserve was set apart for elaborate development. Now YOU can feast your soul on the beautiful surroundings in which "Borax" Smith reveled. For a homesite or an investment, you cannot beat it. You can spread your purchase over so many years that it will never be a burden to you at any time. The essential thing is to ACT NOW!

MONTCLAIR

Business Center

A business district surround- ed by 2500 acres of residen- tial property is offered to you in Montclair Business Center. The histories of other local townsites promise big returns to investors here.

Joaquin Miller Acres

In this spot the famous poet loved so well you will find an ideal location for a big home. Quarter acre lots can be pur- chased on easy terms, which make them wonderful invest- ments.

Highlands

First investors in Montclair today enjoy an average in- crease of more than 200% in the value of their property. Equal profit possibilities are offered to you in the sale of the property ad joining - Montclair Highlands.

Merriewood

You can pick out a pine cov- ered lot in Merriewood and have a comfortable house built on it for $2450. On the sloping lots you get an un- finished basement without extra charge. For view, cli- mate and value, come to Merriewood.

Realty Syndicate Company

Residential, Business and Industrial Properties

10th Floor Syndicate Bldg., 1440 Broadway, Phone-Lakeside 1600

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193

REAL ESTATE

Specializing in East Oakland

Properties

J. H. A. SHEALEY REALTOR

4800 East Fourteenth Street Fruitvale 3490

HOMES

HOMESITES

BUSINESS LOCATIONS

INVESTMENTS INSURANCE

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REAL ESTATE

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A HOMESITE?

See

J. H. L'HOMMEDIEU CO., Inc.

Residential Property

Developers and Subdividers of St. James Wood ORINDA

Downtown Office 315 Fourteenth St. OAKLAND Phone Lakeside 9700

BERKELEY PROPERTIES

LOANS INSURANCE RENTALS

HOMES INVESTMENT INDUSTRIAL

SALES FINANCING BUILDING

The Symbol

Of Service

ASON .....

IDUFFIE 0

In Berkeley

Since 1887

Telephone Berkeley 200 Shattuck Avenue at Addison 1887 Solano Avenue 1580 San Pablo Avenue, Richmond

Free Information Regarding Berkeley

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

REAL ESTATE

195

MARK R. MONZE, Incorporated REALTORS

We Specialize in Long Term Leases and the Management of Downtown Property

Homes, Loans, Rentals, Insurance

MARK R. MONZE, Inc. REALTORS

315 15th Street

Phone Lakeside 1460

FOR SALE-

ALBERT E. NORMAN

OAKLAND DOS

Sellers

List Your Property With Us

Buyers-

See Us Before You Buy_ We Will Have What You Want

ALBERT E. NORMAN

380 15th St. OAKLAND Oakland 997 and 998

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REAL ESTATE

Phone Fruitvale 629

Member California Real Estate Association

J. EMIL

Notary Public

PETERSEN REAL ESTATE

Fire and Accident Insurance

5337 East 14th Street, Corner 54th Avenue Oakland, California

Nash W. Quinlan

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS EXCHANGES

373 17th St. Lakeside 959

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

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

197

REAL ESTATE

CHARLES M. WOOD

300 Syndicate Building OAKLAND

Phone Lakeside 366

Real Estate Appraisals For

Loans, Sales and Leases

Business and Income Properties-Factory Sites

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY INVESTIGATION AND REPORTS WATERFRONT PROPERTY INVESTIGATION AND REPORTS

Subdivisions, Residence, Industrial and Agricultural Property Management or Supervision

Finding Your Gold Mine

This is the day of big undertaking, and it needs men of vision and breadth of view, as well as trained minds and judgment, to cope with this progressive age.

The Fred T. Wood Company have earned an en- viable reputation in providing profitable invest- ments for clients. They have found "paying dirt" for thousands of prospectors in homesites. They have an unbroken record for successful subdi- visions.

20 Years of Conscientious Endeavor and Experience

Call upon the

Fred T.Wood Company Inc.

LEADING SUBDIVIDERS

1801 Franklin Street OAKLAND Telephone Lakeside 242

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REAL ESTATE

BRIDGE REALTY C

REALTORS

LOANS 1606 Webster Street

OAKLAND

INSURANCE Phone Lakeside 1581

Glenn-Connolly Co., Inc.

REALTORS - BUILDING - INSURANCE BERKELEY

Glenn-Connolly Bldg., Shattuck at Durant. Phone Berkeley 6122

Hoover's

Real Estate and

Insurance Agency

REALTORS

INSURANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES

2415 Santa Clara Ave., Adjoining Citizens Bank, Alameda Phone Alameda 590

Phone Oakland 3430

Established 1887

HAVE SUBDIVIDED, OWNED AND SOLD THE FOLLOWING: Silver Heights, S. F., 15 acres.

Jones Addition Tract, S. F .. 10 acres. Westall Tract, 35 acres. Jessie Jones Tract, 30 acres.

Allendale Tract, 30 acres. Galindo Tract, 21 acres. Allendale Annex, 4 acres.

Laurel Grove Park, 69 acres.

Florence Jones No. 2, 5 acres.

Florence Jones Tract, 15 acres. Bona Terrace, 4 acres. Jones Sub. Quigley Tr., 6 acres.

Boulevard Villa Tract, 15 acres. Orange Grove, 12 acres.

Ross Tract, San Leandro.

HENRY Z. JONES REAL ESTATE OWNER OAKLAND, CAL.

1635 WEBSTER

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199

REAL ESTATE

D. L. JUNGCK CO.

We Safeguard Your Investments HOUSES -LOTS -LOANS -LANDS

Exchanges and General Insurance We Will Bond You For Anything

2135 CENTER ST. Phones Berkeley 322 and 323 BERKELEY Mention the Directory

Maiden, Rittigstein Co.

REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE BROKERS

"BUSINESS PROPERTY SPECIALISTS"

420 15th between Broadway and Franklin. Tel. Lakeside 4300, Oakland

THE MIRACLE CO.

REALTORS IT'S GOOD BUSINESS To Take Your Real Estate Problems to THE MIRACLES For Solution and Advice as You Do with Your Doctor, Lawyer or Banker

INSURANCE LOANS

RENTALS LEASES

LOTS - HOMES INDUSTRIAL SITES

BUSINESS and INCOME PROPERTY Phone Andover 620

4715 E. 14th St.

ALVA F. PAGE

FARM LANDS INVESTMENTS

REAL ESTATE EXCHANGES

Tel. Lakeside 2258

1413 Webster Street, Oakland, Calif.

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REAL ESTATE

See- RUSH Real Estate Co.

FOR

BERKELEY HOMES

2074 Allston Way BERKELEY Phones: Berkeley 5874 and 5875

Seulberger, Dunham & Co.

REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE

358 17TH STREET

OAKLAND 1461

We Will Sell You the Lot, Plan, Finance and Build Your Home on Convenient Terms

THOMAS, WHELDON & NUTT, Inc. REALTORS

Real Estate, Insurance, Lots, Homes, Business Properties BERKELEY BUILDING CO. BUILDERS, MANAGERS OF CONSTRUCTION, CONTRACTORS PLANS AND ESTIMATES FURNISHED

Phone Berkeley 1209 2029 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, Cal.

ROPE AND CORDAGE

YNCHAUSTI MANILA ROPE Made where the fibre grows. Made in a modern factory. Made by that old time Spanish firm YNCHAUSTI & COMPANY, MANILA, P. I. (Founded in 1854) Extensively used on the Pacific Coast since 1919

GUY T. SLAUGHTER CO.

Importers and Exporters Selling Agents for U. S. A. Stocks Maintained at San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles Address : 210 California St., San Francisco, Calif. Telephone Davenport 7853 Cable Address: SLAUT, San Francisco

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

201

RUBBER STAMPS

RUBBER STAMPS AND PRINTING

SEALS WE MAKE THEM QUICK AND RIGHT C. R. STAMP & PRINTING CO. PHONE GLENCOURT 4109 1020 BROADWAY - OAKLAND, CALIF.

BADGES CHECK PROTECTORS

SASH AND DOORS

D. A. Barnett, President

A. W. Rees, Secretary

Sequoia Manufacturing Company

High Quality Products

Sash, Doors, Millwork, Cabinets

Phone: Elmhurst 2700

1429 105th Avenue

Oakland, California

PACIFIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY Established 1874

Sash, Doors and Millwork

TELEPHONES: Glencort 7850; Berkeley 4160

2108 Shattuck Avenue BERKELEY, CAL.

353 Hobart Street

OAKLAND, CAL.

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

The A-to-Zed School

HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR COLLEGE AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL Classes limited to twelve students-Individ- ual instruction-No competitive athletics -No social activities

Students Received at Any Time

The A-to-Zed School is accredited to the University of California, Stanford, Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown and other universities admitting on credentials. In 1926 graduates of the A-to-Zed School entered eighteen different uni- versities and colleges.

TWENTY-FIRST YEAR

The Acto - Zed School

3037 Telegraph Ave., cor. Webster St., Berkeley, Cal. TELEPHONE BERKELEY 3334

GLEN TAYLOR SCHOOL

Individual Instruction in Small Classes

for BOYS AND GIRLS

Limited Number of Resident Pupils

PRE-PRIMARY THROUGH SECOND YEAR HIGH SCHOOL

With the beauty of its surroundings, the delightful situation on the bay shore, the com- pleteness of its equipment, and the strength of its faculty, the school presents unusual oppor- tunities to parents desiring for their daughters and sons, during their formative period, dis- tinctive educational methods and an ideal environment for character building.

The course of study embraces Music, French, Dancing, Creative Handiwork, Physical Training, Swimming, Rowing, Etc.

1015 SHERMAN ST.

ALAMEDA

TEL. ALAMEDA 100

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203

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

The Horton School

Founded 1884 A Day School for Girls

Accredited to the University of California and prepares for the required "College Board Examinations"

PRE-PRIMARY INTERMEDIATE

PRIMARY

Perkins and Palm Avenue

OAKLAND

HIGH SCHOOL Phone Glencort 7143

UNIVERSITY TRAINING AND DEGREES

College Courses

Special Courses and Coaching

Law. Commerce. Foreign Trade. Business Administration.

Bar Examination Coaching. Advertising. Journalism. Public Speaking.

DAY CLASSES

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY

EVENING CLASSES

Junior College and High School

Preparatory School Special Preparation for College Board Examinations (A Co-educational Institution)

ARCADE FLOOR-PHELAN BLDG. PHONE DOUGLAS 931

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

ST. MARY'S COLLEGE

HIGH SCHOOL

Conducted by the Christian Brothers Accredited to the University of California and of Stanford. RESIDENT and NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS For Particulars Address the Registrar BERKELEY TEL. BERKELEY 1133

PERALTA PARK

WESTERN NORMAL

INCORPORATED

Thirty-fifth Year

Fifteen Hundred Graduates

Prepares high school graduates and others to become teachers. Appeals particularly to those lacking opportunity to enter State Colleges. Affords one semester of practice teaching. Assists in getting schools for graduates. An intensive, thorough, ethical and professional course by expert instruc- tors, ten months in length.

2418 Haste Street

Tel. Berkeley 4404

Berkeley

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

WHITE'S BERKELEY PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Twenty-fifth Year

A Day and Boarding School for Boys. Accredited to University of California

2240 Piedmont Avenue

Tel. Berkeley 67

BERKELEY

The Margaret Bentley School

A Day and Boarding School that aims to prepare students thoroughly for college work and for the interests and responsibilities of life at home.

Pre-Primary, Primary, Intermediate and High School Departments.

2799 Benvenue Avenue BERKELEY Berkeley 3205J

Claremont Heights Out-of-Door School

IN THE BERKELEY HILLS

Resident school for girls. Day school for boys and girls. Kindergarten, Elementary, High School. Individual instruction. High scholarship. Open-air school rooms. Sleeping porches. Country life and sports. Riding, swimming, tennis.

ELIZABETH PLACE, Principal

54 Vicente Road

BERKELEY Phone Bkly. 4883

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

THE ANNA HEAD SCHOOL 2538 Channing Way, Berkeley

40TH YEAR OPENED SEPTEMBER 12, 1927

Primary, Intermediate and High School Departments Accredited by All Colleges Using the Accrediting System Students Prepared for College Board Examinations New Auditorium and Gymnasium, Swimming Tank, Hockey Field, Etc. MARY E. WILSON, M. L., Principal

L.E . U.

LASALLE

The World's Largest Business Training Institution

GILBERT R. CARLOCK STATE MANAGER Suite 926 Pacific Building Telephone Sutter 3622

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER ACCOUNTANCY LaSalle Extension University Resident Classes or Correspondence

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

An Exclusive Secretarial School

For Girls and Young Women

The Marion Madsen School

For Business Training Offers

For the Student: Thorough Training in ---- Secretarial Work, Bookkeeping, Comptometry, and all Business Branches. 532 SIXTEENTH ST.

Positions for Graduates

For the Employer: Competent Office Help PHONE LAKESIDE 7310

Phone Okld. 6620

EDUCATE

TRAIN.

AC20.51CM

and

TO FEEL

TO THINK.

410 Smith Bros. Building 1755 Broadway

OAKLAND SECRETARIAL SCHOOL Superior Business Training, Individual Instruction Day and Evening

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

Parker-Goddard Secretarial School Mabel Parker, Principal "The School of Good Results" INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION Special Courses Arranged for Summer Work Enroll Now INTENSIVE TRAINING

1121 Washington St., Oakland, California Phone Lakeside 4000

Polytechnic College of Engineering 13th and Madison Sts., Oakland

Established in 1898. Chartered to Grant Degrees in 1911 Represents Largest Investment of Money in Equipment for Engineering Facilities of Any Similar School in the West ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, MINING, CIVIL, ARCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING W. E. GIBSON, Pres.

H. C. INGRAM, Vice-Pres.

Individual Coaching in French, German, Spanish

MISS HELEN WAKEMAN

Certified Teacher, Honors Diploma Gregg Shorthand Expert Instruction in Typing Day and Evening Classes Also Special Classes in Typewriting Only

Telephones : Studio Berkeley 6129 Residence Berkeley 9310

Studio 4 Eastman Bldg., Center St. at Oxford, Berkeley, California

MORE GOODS

ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD

THROUGH THE

CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM

ON EARTH

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Office Equipment

and Public Seating

DESKS, CHAIRS

FILING CABINETS SAFES, BOOKCASES

Theatre Seating, Church, Lodge and School Furniture The Oldest and Largest House in its Line on the Pacific Coast

C. F. Weber & Company

343 13TH STREET, OAKLAND Phone: Lakeside 2765 Also:

San Francisco Los Angeles

Phoenix, Ariz. Reno, Nev.

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SHEET METAL

QUAKER NOISELESS OIL BURNING FURNACES QUAKER STEEL COAL FURNACES AHL GAS FURNACES RELIANCE ALL CAST COAL FURNACES

Dickson & Holbrook

2180 Dwight Way

HEATING ENGINEERS BERKELEY Telephone Berk. 347

STATIONERS

Office Supplies More Than 21,000 Items

Desks, Chairs, Safes Social Stationery, Leather Goods Architects' and Artists' Materials

SMITH BROTHERS

Uptown Branch: 1749 Broadway. Desk Store, 18th and Telegraph Ave. 470-472-474 Thirteenth St. Telephone Oakland 989

In OAKLAND it's

BARBERS "The Store of Friendly Service"

for Stationery - Engraving - Printing - Office Supplies on 15th Street Just off Broadway FOUNTAIN PENS FAVORS

. BOOKS

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STATIONERS

Kling-Dawers Stationery Co.

Office Supplies Filing Cabinets Printing Engraving Greeting Cards

PARTY GOODS

School Supplies Rubber Stamps

1970 Broadway

Phone Glencourt 1519

C. B. Radston

S. M. Strauss

Radston's

"Berkeley's Book and Stationery Department Store"

2225 Shattuck Avenue Phone Bkly. 6774 or 6775

Berkeley Agents for Spalding's Sporting Goods

STEAMSHIP AGENTS

V. O. LAWRENCE COMPANY

Terminal Agents for

EUROPEAN Furness S. S. Co. COASTWISE McCormick S. S. Co.

Canadian Gov't Merchant Marine SOUTH AMERICAN Pacific Argentine-Brazil Line

INTERCOASTAL American-Hawaiian S. S. Co. Munson-McCormick S. S. Co. Pacific Carribean S. S. Co. Williams S. S. Co. Transmarine S. S. Co. Finkbine Guild Transporta- tion Co.

ONE JEFFERSON STREET

Steamship Terminal and Docks Tel. Oakland 3188 OAKLAND, CAL.

STEEL TANKS

Telephones Berkeley 1662-1663 Berkeley Steel Construction Co., Inc.

Manufacturers of STEEL TANKS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS RIVETED OR WELDED Electrical and Acetylene Welding and Cutting-Boiler Repairs SECOND AND CAMELIA STREETS WEST BERKELEY, CALIF. *

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

STORAGE

211

Oakland

3888

Oakland Depository

MOVING SHIPPING PACKING STORING at SINCE 1895 22nd & San Pablo Phone Oakland 907

BEKIN'S VAN & STORASE CO

Depositories at San Francisco Los Angeles Hollywood Fresno Sacramento

TEA ROOMS

THE

Cocoa

Tree

Luncheon Tea Dinner

Bake Shop Specialties

423 NINETEENTH ST.

TEL. LAKESIDE 1450

TITLE INSURANCE

CENTRAL TITLE COMPANY, INC.

New Location Same Phone

366 17th Street Lakeside 567

Same Dependable Title Service at a Fair Price.

P. A. Smith, Pres. J. W. Ross, V .- Pres. C. E. Paul, Secty.

Title Insurance

Escrows Certificates of Title Continuations

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TITLE INSURANCE

66 Years Constant Growth

and

Now

This is the house that service built

Our own modern building - erected and equipped to facilitate and in- crease our service.

STRENGTHD

ALAM

IPANY

SECURITY

Oakland. California Our teenth and Franklin Street ?

Alameda County Title Insurance Co.

Established 1861

Assets Over $1,000,000

Fourteenth and Franklin Sts., Oakland

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

TOOLS

213

QUICK SERVICE ACCURACY SATISFACTION

C. W. Marwedel

ESTABLISHED 1872

Specializing in Nearly Every Accessory Required in the Mechanical Line

TOOLS

MACHINISTS-ENGINEERS GARAGE and AUTO SHOP ARTS AND CRAFTS RADIO SHOP JEWELERS-PIANO TUNERS PLUMBERS and BLACKSMITHS

Screws, Bolts, Nuts, Washers, Rivets, Studs, Etc. METALS-SUPPLIES

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

The DIRECTORY IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER

& Polls

Berkeley and Alameda Directory (1927)

214

TOWEL SUPPLY

TOWELS

Napkins, Table Cloths, Table Tops, White Coats, Aprons, White Pants, Professional Gowns, Dental Smocks, Hoover Gowns, Barber Gowns, Nurses' Gowns, Hoover Aprons

RENTED

Keep Clean and Serve It in White.

For Service Phone The Oakland-California Towel Company

Oakland 883

TRANSFER

Established 1895 Merchants Express & Draying Co. H. L. HINMAN, Manager

GENERAL DRAYING

CARLOAD DISTRIBUTION A SPECIALTY Reliable Express Service Between San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley 400-406 Alice Street OAKLAND

Tel. Lakeside 6200

'City Directories Compiled from a Door-to-Door Canvass Are The Cornerstones OLAII

Good Mailing Lists

RL Polis

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

UNDERTAKERS

215

Sunset Mausoleum

Berkeley Hills

California

SUNSET MAUSOLEUM Bertely Hills

.........

It is a civic achievement.

Located in Sunset View Memorial Park, on a gentle slope high in Berkeley's Hills .... reflashing the last golden shafts from out the gate.

First complete unit of predesigned monumental building has available 2400 crypts, including family memorial chapels.

Prices no higher than first-class burial ground or cremation

Oakland Office - 301-302 Ray Building Telephone Glencourt 2320

Above ground entombment-Non-sectarian

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Polk's Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda city directory, 1927, Part 21

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