Polk's Oakland (California) city directory, 1939, Part 384

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1928
Publisher: Oakland, Calif. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1120


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THE TRUST DEPARTMENT


Every fiduciary service. Estate planning. Es- crows. Court trusts. Living trusts. Insurance trusts. Safekeeping and agency accounts. Acts as executor, admin- istrator, trustee, guardian, transfer agent, registrar and depositary.


SAVINGS DEPARTMENT


A service for every savings depositor. Savings accounts. Savings trust accounts. Christmas Club accounts. Interest-bearing time accounts.


SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT


Constant protection for your valuables. Safe deposit boxes of various sizes for rent at nomi- nal cost. Storage facilities.


PERSONAL LOAN DEPARTMENT


Low-cost personal loans, repayable in twelve monthly installments. made for any worthy purpose to residents who have steady monthly incomes.


AUTOMOBILE FINANCE DEPARTMENT


Automobile loans. Financing for automobile dealers. For twenty years The Anglo Bank Plan has set the standard for convenient and economical automobile financing.


IKTH STREET


FRANKY


15 TH STREET


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ANGLO CALIFORNIA NATIONAL BANK


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Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


THE ANGLO BANK IN THE CENTER Oakland OF


BROADWAY


17 TH STREET


TELEGRAPH AVE


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THE INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL CENTER OF THE WEST


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BANKS


NOLL


Serving East Bay District with 32 Convenient Banking Offices


OAKLAND


Oakland Main Office 1200 Broadway


Allendale-Hopkins Branch 3900 Hopkins St.


Boulevard-Fairfax Branch 5285 Foothill Blvd.


Broadway-Grand Branch 2200 Broadway


College Avenue Branch 5665 College Ave.


Dimond Branch 2154 Hopkins St.


Eighth and Broadway Branch 736 Broadway


Elmhurst Branch


9400 E. 14th St.


Fruitvale Branch 3204 E. 14th St.


Grand-Lake Branch


496 Lake Park Ave.


Grove Street Branch


5501 Grove St.


Melrose Branch . 4450 E. 14th St.


North Broadway Branch 4101 Broadway


Park Boulevard Branch 3500 Park Blvd.


San Pablo Avenue Branch


5800 San Pablo Ave.


Seminary Avenue Branch 2607 Seminary Ave. Seventy-fourth and Foothill Branch 7335 Foothill Blvd. Telegraph Avenue Branch 4881 Telegraph Ave.


Thirty-third Avenue Branch 3301 Foothill Blvd.


Twenty-third Avenue Branch 1254 23rd Ave. West Oakland Branch 1228 7th St.


ALAMEDA -


Alameda Branch 1500 Park St. Webster Street Branch 1528 Webster St.


BERKELEY -


Berkeley Branch


2101 Center St.


Dwight Way Branch


2500 Shattuck Ave.


Solano Avenue Branch 1561 Solano Ave.


South Berkeley Branch 3250 Adeline St.


University Branch


2347 Telegraph Ave.


West Berkeley Branch


2032 San Pablo Ave.


EMERYVILLE -


Emeryville Branch


3900 San Pablo Ave.


HAYWARD -


Hayward Branch


1004 B St.


SAN LEANDRO -


San Leandro Branch


1300 E. 14th St.


Bank of America


NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS ASSOCIATION


MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


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BANKS


BORROW


the Central Way


FOR THE BUSINESS MAN .


Commercial credits for financing business operations. Export and import financing. Quick decisions on all applications.


FOR THE AVERAGE MAN OR WOMAN


Personal Loans, repayable in easy monthly installments, which afford the average man or woman complete banking credit facilities. No red tape. Most loans com- pleted within 24 hours.


... TO BUY, BUILD OR IMPROVE YOUR HOME


All types of Home Loans. Rea- sonable interest ... minimum charges ... and exceptionally low monthly payments.


... FOR AUTOMOBILE PURCHASES


Loans up to 24 months for financing the purchase of automobiles. Reasonable interest, friendly service and fair treat- ment in every respect. Available direct or through your dealer.


Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


CENTRAL BANK


Broadway at 14th St. Telegraph Ave. at 49th St. Fruitvale Ave at East 14th St


ALVARADO · IRVINGTON - MARYSVILLE - NILES


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BANKS


Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank


"THE FRIENDLY BANK"


A conservative savings bank for prudent people. Independent. Home-owned and Home-managed. Safe deposit vaults with improved system. Loans made on real estate.


OFFICERS


Edson F. Adams, Pres. George S. Meredith, V-Pres. F. C. Martens, V-Pres. and Cashier B. C. Read, Asst. Cash. John Campe, Asst. Cash. DIRECTORS


Edson F. Adams


Geo. S. Meredith


Frank C. Martens


R. A. Leet


Chas. D. Bates, Jr. A. G. Tashiera W. F. Knowland


MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Franklin at 13th Street, Oakland, California


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BANKS


CLASE NATIONALA


OLK'S


ANKETA


ENCYCLOPEDIA


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CJ. DEVINE & CO.


CHYTUAL HAKOVEL


Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia


MOST CONVENIENT AND COMPLETE BANK DIRECTORY


Arranged in one volume with sections devoted to United States and possessions, Canada and Banking Laws and other banke throughout the world not listed in the sectiona devoted to United States and Canada.


Contoins lists of banks with bank statementa, bank officere, bank directors, investment dealers, stock exchange members and bank attorneye.


Some other reference features include data concerning Federal Re- serve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Farm Credit Administration, Joint Stock Land Banks, National and State Bank Examinera, Airmail Schedulea, Postage Ratea, Clearing House Figures and other statistical tables.


Accessibility of information, maintained up-to-date by new, merged ond closed bank supplements, coupled with durable, convenient in- dexing makes it the outstanding publication of its kind in the field.


PUBLISHED SEMI-ANNUALLY in MARCH AND SEPTEMBER


$15.00 per copy; $20.00 in Canada and foreign countries.


POLK'S BANKERS ENCYCLOPEDIA


Executive Office 431 Howard Street Detroit, Mich.


R. L. POLK & CO. Publishers


New York Office 354-60 4th Ave. New York City


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BONDS


NOAMIK


FICHANGE


Members New York Stock Exchange San Francisco Stock Exchange Los Angeles Stock Exchange New York Curb (Associate) Chicago Board of Trade


WM. CAVALIER & CO.


BONDS


STOCKS COMMODITIES


American Trust Co. Building BERKELEY Berkeley 7203


SAN FRANCISCO


SACRAMENTO


LOS ANGELES


SANTA ANA


CLencourt 2720


NEW YORK


DEAN WITTER & Co. MUNICIPAL AND CORPORATION BONDS


MEMBERS New York Stock Exchange


San Francisco Stock Exchange


New York Curb Exchange ( Associate)


San Francisco Curb Exchange Chicago Board of Trade


LOS ANGELES SEATTLE


SACRAMENTO FRESNO


OAKLANO 409 Fourteenth St. GL encourt 6060


SAN FRANCISCO 4$ Montgomery St. EX brook 7211


SAN DIEGO TACOMA


HONOLULU PORTLAND


STOCKTON


Mason Brothers


INVESTMENT SECURITIES


SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE


LOS ANGELES STOCK EXCHANGE


Los Angeles


Sacramento


OAKLAND Central Bank Building TEmplebar 6344


SAN FRANCISCO


1 Montgomery Street EXbrook 4944


San Jose


BUILDING MATERIAL


We Can Make Prompt Delivery on Your Orders for - MT. DIABLO PORTLAND CEMENT and COWELL SANTA CRUZ LIME BUILDING MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS


Distributors JOHNS-MANVILLE ROOFING MATERIAL


Henry Cowell Lime and Cement Company


Office and Warehouse Cor. 1st and Franklin Sts., Oakland


Telephone TWinoaks 3300


(1939) R. L. POLK & CO'S OAKLAND


Members


417 Fourteenth Street OAKLAND


BUILDINGS


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AN OFFICE BUILDING OF CHARACTER


SELECT TENANTRY


INSURANCE Building-


PERSONAL MANAGEMENT


STRATEGIC LOCATION


AMPLE PARKING FACILITIES


...


EFFICIENT SERVICE


INSURANCE BUILDING


FOURTEENTH AND FRANKLIN STREETS OAKLAND


P. DELAWARE SMITH, Manager


TE mplebar 7371


CAMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES


WESTERN CAMERA WORKS


LEICA


ZEISS IKON EASTMAN - AGFA CAMERAS


PRECISION


LENS-FITTING


E. W. "DUKE" MOORE, MGR. MANUFACTURING AND DESIGNING WHOLESALE-RETAIL PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT REPAIRING AND DESIGNING All Work Done in Our Own Shop AMATEUR FANS Let Us Help You With Your Photographic Problems


ENLARGERS PHOTO CHEMICALS DARK ROOM EQUIPMENT LEITZ PRISM BINOC- ULARS AND REPAIRS


1436 Webster


OAKLAND


Tel. TWinoaks 2816


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CEMETERIES


FAMILY PLOTS


SEE OUR ROSE SECTION


DANIEL MCCARTHY. Secretary 6450 Camden Street


"East Oakland's Most Beautiful Knoll" EVERGREEN CEMETERY HAVENSCOURT BLVD. AND CAMDEN STREET


Tel. TR inidad 1602 Home Tel. SW cetwood 0488


CHINESE HERBS


HERBS for Various Ailments THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BENEFITED


FONG WAN


576 - 10th ST. Twenty-Fourth Year in - OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA Ask for COMPLIMENTARY BOOKLET at Office


CLOTHING


"BRADBURY QUALITY" MEN'S SUITS & O'COATS


Ladies, Misses, Juniors Coats . Suits · Dresses


NATIONALLY ADVERTISED LINES AT LOWEST NATIONALLY ADVERTISED PRICES


OPEN AN ACCOUNT


COLUMBIA


BUDGET TERMS


USE YOUR CREDIT


OUTFITTING CO. 1635 Telegraph Avenue Tel. Hlgate 0880 -


SINCE 1888


COAL


FULL. SACK JACK


TRADE MAAK


RHODES & JAMIESON Ltd.


COAL - WOOD - FURNACE OIL - BUILDING MATERIALS


Main Office Foot of 23rd Ave., OAKLAND


Tel. FR uitvale 8811


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COLLECTIONS


SPENCER


COLLECTION SERVICE


INCOME SECURITIES BUILDING 364 FOURTEENTH STREET OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA


COMPLETE COLLECTION SERVICE


WHOLESALE AND RETAIL


LARGEST IN THE ENTIRE EAST BAY AREA


SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTS LICENSED BY AND BONDED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA


Select your collection representative as carefully


as your bank both handle your money


MEMBER CREDIT BUREAU OF ALAMEDA COUNTY


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COLLECTIONS


ESTABLISHED 1914


R. E. READ


READ'S


Bonded Adjustment Bureau Suite 603-604 Bank of Commerce Bldg., 1540 San Pablo Avenue OAKLAND


A Thoroughly Equipped Collection Office


PROMPT PERSONAL PRESENTATION OF ALL ACCOUNTS PROMPT REMITTANCES


Notary Public in Office


Tel. HI gate 3413


NO COLLECTION


Alcosta Credit Adjustment Co.


Licensed by the State of California


WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS SERVICE


1906 Addison Street Phone BErkeley 1387


WE WORK WHILE OTHERS SLEEP BERKELEY


SERVICE WITH A SMILE PERSONAL CALLS WITHIN 100 MILES


NO CHARGE


CALIFORNIA ADJUSTERS


E. J. HOFFMAN


Collections-


2043 Webster Street


Tel. TEmplebar 3041


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COLLECTIONS


CO-OPERATIVE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU


PHILIP S. BEADLE, President


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PROFESSIONAL AND COMMERCIAL COLLECTIONS Bonded and Licensed to the State of California COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES


704-706 Security Bldg.


. 1106 Broadway


TE mplebar 6440


LICENSED AND BONDED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA


DIAMOND COLLECTION and ADJUSTMENT SERVICE


E. DIAMOND, Manager


FAST COLLECTION AND LOCATE SERVICE


6th Floor PLAZA BUILDING 506 15th Street


Oakland, California


TEL. HI GATE 6203


Holmes Collection Agency


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PACIFIC BUILDING - 610 16TH STREET


TE mplebar 4166 - 4167


Oakland, California


INTER-CITY ADJUSTMENT CO., INC. BONDED & LICENSED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA S. H. KRAGEN . BUSINESS MANAGER


ADJUSTMENTS "Personal Service" COLLECTIONS "Courteous but Forceful"


E. E. KRAGEN, Maager OAKLAND OFFICE


604 LATHAM SQUARE BUILDING 16th & TELEGRAPH


Phone GLencourt 4034 Nation Wide Affiliations


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COLLECTIONS


Telephone CL encourt 1556


H. JAMES POSWA


OPERATING


THE MERCANTILE COLLECTION SERVICE


FULLY BONDED AND LICENSED


920 Syndicate Building 1440 Broadway OAKLAND, CALIF.


Established 1912


Collections, Assignments Financial Counselors Trusteeships, Notary Public


JOHN MUNOZ COLLECTION AGENCY


LICENSED AND BONDED COLLECTIONS OF ALL KINDS


BRANCHES IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS East 14th Street near Fruitvale Avenue OAKLAND


HENRY PHILLIPS


ESTABLISHED 1910


Bonded and Licensed by the State


PHILLIPS MERCANTILE AGENCY


- COLLECTIONS -


PROMPT REPORTS - PROMPT ACCOUNTING W. J. LAING, Mgr.


Federal Telegraph Building 12th and Washington Streets


Telephone HI gate 2786


Phone FRuitvale 5600


L. T. SANTA


Professional Collection Service


Collections Made by Personal Contact


Rooms 204-5 Professional Building Fruitvale


3124 E. 14th Street Oakland, California


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CREDIT REPORTING


CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS


TREAT YOUR CREDIT AS A SACRED TRUST


For Efficient Handling of Consumer Credit Reports and Collections Refer to


TREAT YOUR CREDIT ASA SACRED TRUST


RETAILERS CREDIT ASSOCIATION OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, INC.


A Merchant Owned Institution for the Protection of Retail Credit


7th Floor Equitable Bldg., 414 13th St.


Telephone TE mplebar 8900


CREMATORIUMS AND COLUMBARIUMS


"The Beautiful Way" - "The Economical Way"


CHAPEL of the CHIMES COLUMBARIUM


CREMATORIUM


Here are three beautiful chapels with indoor terraced garden columbariums. Memorial niches are placed in indoor gardens and in sunny chapels. The visiting hours are from nine to five every day.


ORGAN MUSIC BROADCAST OVER STATION KRE


4499 Piedmont Avenue Oakland, Calif.


Direction Lawrence F. Moore Tel. Piedmont 0123


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CREMATORIUMS AND COLUMBARIUMS


· TEMPLE - LIKE UPON


THE HILL' '


COMPLETE CREMATION SERVICE


Permanent Art Exhibit


EVERLASTING URN MEMORIALS


Lamp of Remembrance


Management NORTON J. MORGAN


CHAPEL of MEMORIES


CREMATORIUM · COLUMBARIUM


Howe and Mather Streets, Oakland


Telephone Piedmont 1288


DEPARTMENT STORES


JEFF


HHHHHHHHNG


Located at Broadway, Twentieth and Telegraph Streets in Oakland's Finer shopping district, you will find H. C. Capwell's, Oakland's Finer Department Storc. Five floors of Capwell quality merchandise, to meet the needs of every family, every home. Fashion-right apparel and accessories for men, women, children. . . . complete furnishings for your home. Make H. C. Capwell's your headquarters.


H.C.CAPWELL'S Oakland; Finer Store


BASEMENT STORE U. S. Post Office. Station C Oress Pettems


While-You-Weit Shoe Repair Check Desk


Budget Beauty Shop Fountain Lunch Portrait Studio Shoe Shining


STREET FLOOR Dress Patterns Hemstitching Pleating Picoting Charles of the Ritz Salon Watch Repair Smoke Shop Glove Repair Hosiery Repair Film Developing


Check Desk Taxi Telephones Western Union Travel Bureau Monogramming Sewing Machine Repairing Fur Repeir Fur Storage Chiropodist Children's Barber Shop Bridel Consultant Circulating Library Sherman. Clay & Co. Box Office Photo-Reflex Camera Studlo Rug Cleaning Boy Scout Official Outfitters THIRD FLOOR SECOND FLOOR Modern Beauty Salon Girl Scout Officiel Outfitters Women'e Lounge Upholstering Art Necdlework classwork


Picture Framing Optometrist Model Laundry Model Kitchen Curtains mode-to-measure Credit Offices


FOURTH FLOOR Radio Repairing Pieno Tuning Home Decorating Studio


Sherman, Clay & Co. complete music store FIFTH FLOOR Roof Toa Room


ON EVERY FLOOR Public Telephones Gift Wrapping MISCELLANEOUS Jane Condon, Personal Shopping Service


BROADWAY, 20th, TELEGRAPH


TELEPHONE TEmplebar 1-1-1-1


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DEPARTMENT STORES


Think First of WARDS


Because Wards Buys in Huge Quantities for Over 500 Retail Stores Throughout the United States Our Prices Save You Money! When Your Purchase Totals $10.00 or Over You May Buy on Wards Convenient Budget Plan.


Think First of Wards - Wards Sell More for Less


Montgomery Ward & Co. RETAIL DEPARTMENT STORE


East 14th Street and 29th Avenue, Oakland Calif.


FRuitvale 5700


CAPWELL, SULLIVAN & FURTH


CLAY, 14TH & 15TH


OAKLAND'S OWN STORE


TELEPHONE GLENCOURT 3131


FIRST FLOOR COTTONS LINENS MEN'S FURNISHINGS


HOSIERY ACCESSORIES


FOUNTAIN GILK & WOOLENS


WOMEN'S COATS WOMEN'S SUITS WOMEN'S DRESSES WOMEN'S HATS


THIRD FLOOR


HOUSEHOLO GOODS REFRIGERATORS STOVES FURNITURE MATTRESSES ELECTRIC APPLIANCES CROCKERY WASHING MACHINES RADIOS BEDDING


FOURTH FLOOR DRAPERIES CURTAINS LAMPS RUGS LUGGAGE


NOTIONS BUFFET SHOP CANDY STATIONERY TOILETRIES


SEWING MACHINES BOYS' SHOP MEN'S CLOTHING MEN'S SHOES BOYS' SHOES


WOMEN'S LINGERIE WOMEN'S CORSETS WOMEN'S SHOES SPORTS WEAR


COTTON DRESSES


CLAY, 14th & 15th .


. LIBERAL CREDIT TERMS


"Oakland's Largest Credit Department Store"


THE FEDERAL


WEARING APPAREL FOR MEN AND WOMEN HOME APPLIANCES FURNITURE


1749 Broadway Oakland


GLencourt 4500


"It's Easier to Pay the Federal Way"


BERKELEY AND ALAMEDA DIRECTORY (1939)


TOY DEPARTMENT MEZZANINE GIRLS' SHOP INFANTS' WEAR BEAUTY SALON CHILDREN'S BARBER OPTOMETRIST


CAPWELL, SULLIVAN & FURTH


SECOND FLOOR


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DEPARTMENT STORES


J. F. HINK & SON


DEPARTMENT STORE


A Great Store at Home


Shattuck Ave. at Kittredge Street


BERKELEY


Ifit's from Kahn's it's Quality! A Great Store in the Heart of a Great City! Broadway, San Pablo, Sixteenth ... GLencourt 4321


WHITTHORNE & SWAN Oakland's Friendly Department Store


FOUR GREAT FLOORS OF VALUES -Apparel For All the Family -Furniture and Home Furnishings - -


TELEPHONE TEMPLEBAR 7200


Washington Street at 10th and 11th


DETECTIVE AGENCIES


Chas. N. Watkins Detective Service, Inc.


"Qualified Investigators" HARRY T. MACHELL, General Manager


Telephones : Day: Glencourt 1371 Night: Trinidad 4992


705 Broadway Building 1419 Broadway Oakland, California


(1939) R. L. POLK & CO'S OAKLAND


DRUGGISTS


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Motion Picture


GUY'S DRUG STORES


Cameras and


2101 23d Avenue 4584 East 14th St. 1950 Fruitvale Ave.


S FRruitvale


0237


I FRuitvale FRuitvale


0354


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T ANdover 1700


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R FRuitvale 4212


TEmplebar


4747


Until Midnight


Photo Finishing


PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY


Free Delivery


EXTERMINATORS


WE KILL ANTS AND ALL INSECTS GARDEN SPRAY - TERMITE CONTROL Class A License


GRING PEST CONTROL


E. H. ARMSTRONG, Mgr .- Owner 1809 BANCROFT WAY, BERKELEY FOR GUARANTEED HOME SERVICE


Tel. BE rkeley 0789


IRICIDE (ANTKILL) FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS


FOUNDERS AND FORGERS


GENERAL METALS CORPORATION


Manufacturers of


- CASTINGS


CARBON STEEL ALLOY STEEL SEMI-STEEL


MALLEABLE IRON CAST IRON ALLOY IRON


- FORGINGS


DROP PRESS


BRASS BRONZE


8901 Railroad Ave. Oakland, Calif. SW eetwood 0130


420 Market Street San Francisco, Calif EN terprise 10961


BERKELEY AND ALAMEDA DIRECTORY (1939)


Wines and Liquors Fountain Lunch Edy's Ice Cream Open


Projectors


8 mm. 16 mm.


Every Day


Films


· 3465 Fruitvale Ave. (*Open All Night) 2297 East 14th 1849 Park Blvd.


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4740


S. S. HEATON


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FUNERAL DIRECTORS


Your First Thought For The Last Tribute


ALBERT BROWN UNDERTAKING CO.


F L VAN FLEET. President - PI edmont 0731


R. C. H. MARTIN, Vice-President Piedmont Avenue - just below Moss


CLARENCE N. COOPER MORTUARY


BRANCH CHAPEL 8901 East 14th Street Tel. TR inidad 4343


1580 Fruitvale Ave. Tel. FR uitvale 0180


Freeman & Cox -- Roach & Kenney, Inc.


FUNERAL DIRECTORS


OAKLAND PARLORS - 2630 Telegraph Avenue, Phone TE mplebar 1181


BERKELEY PARLORS 2414 Grove Street, Phone BE rkeley 2538


FRUITVALE PARLORS - 1901 Fruitvale Avenue, Phone FR uitvale 0210


The Grant D. Miller Mortuaries, Inc.


GRANT D. MILLER President T. CLYDE DRENNAN Vice-President and Gen'l. Manager R. MACNEUR, JR. Secretary


Funeral Service


OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA


Member National Selected Morticians


TWO COMPLETE ESTABLISHMENTS 2372 EAST 14TH STREET Tel. FRuitvale 0511


2850 TELEGRAPH AVENUE Tel. GLencourt 6434


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FUNERAL DIRECTORS


THE TRUMAN CO. Funeral Directors


TELEGRAPH AVE. AT 30th STREET . OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA Telephone HIGATE 5700 (See Opposite Inside Front Cover)


FURNITURE


Northern California's Largest California's Oldest Homefurnishing Store


BREUNER'S Hlgate 4343 Oakland Broadway at 21 st


Complete Home Furnishers for Those Who Demand Quality With Thrift


JACKSON FURNITURE CO.


(THE HOME OF DIGNIFIED CREDIT)


13th & Clay, Oakland Templebar 5800


Also in Vallejo


Good Business Insurance


Your advertisement in the City Directory with proper business listings insures your business against loss of trade.


The manufacturer or business institution that overlooks this fact is not building for the future.


The City Directory is active 365 days of the year - let it serve you as it does others.


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INSURANCE


STRENGTH


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


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


Fire . Automobile . Marine . Casualty . Fidelity . Surety


FIREMAN'S FUND GROUP


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


New York Chicago SAN FRANCISCO


Boston


·


Atlanta


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INSURANCE


"One of the World's Largest Insurance Institutions"


Pearl Assurance Company Ltd. OF LONDON, ENGLAND


Eureka-Security Fire & Marine Insurance Company


Monarch Fire Insurance Company, Cleveland, Ohio


Pacific Coast Department DAVID A. BARRY, Manager


200 Bush Street Phone DO uglas 8400 San Francisco


Central Bank Building Phone TE mplebar 2466 Oakland


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INSURANCE


SECURITY - SERVICE - SAVINGS


Fire, Automobile and Casualty Insurance


Northwestern Mutual Fire Association Northwest Casualty Company


Over $1,000,000.00 in Dividends Paid to Policy Holders Last Year -


Branch Office - Oakland - Room 202 Gilmore Building, 361 17th Street, - Phone CL encourt 8924


TE mplebar 8741


FIDELITY AND SURETY BONDS


JOHN SIMPSON


Oakland Office, Bonding Department STANDARD ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN


SYNDICATE BUILDING


1440 BROADWAY


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INSURANCE


AI C. Conley


Jess A. Berger


BERGER, HOLLIDGE&CONLEY


Insurance Brokers and General Agents 315 - 14TH STREET, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA GLencourt 7832 "We Insure Anything Against Everything"


CALIFORNIA-WESTERN STATES LIFE INSURANCE CO.


LIFE - ACCIDENT - HEALTH - HOSPITALIZATION


ALL FORMS GROUP


R. E. ORTH, Agency Manager 1522 Franklin Street


OAKLAND GLencourt 4216 & 4217


Insurance is Necessary


AUTOMOBILE


FARMERG


AUTOMOBILE LISA- INSURANCE LOLLI


364 - 14th Street


Do YOU know our "CONTINUING" STANDARD FORM POLICY Offers You


Greater Protection Extra Convenience Financial Strength Dependability Friendly, Unexcelled Claim Service at a SUBSTANTIAL SAVING Call Me For Quotation on Your Automobile or Truck C. J. RIHN, District Manager OAKLAND


TRUCK


TRUCK INSURANCE EXCH-LIGE


Telephone GLencourt 2466


"LOYALTY GROUP'


Milwaukee Mechanics' Fire Insurance Company Pittsburgh Underwriters Department Keystone Underwriters Department Commercial Casualty Insurance Company of Newark Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company of New York Oakland Branch Office 1117 CENTRAL BANK BUILDING Tel. GL encourt 1268


Firemen's Insurance Co. of Newark, N. I. Girard Fire & Marine Ins. Co. of Philadelphia National Ben Franklin Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh Concordia Fire Insurance Co. of Milwaukee


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INSURANCE


F. F. PORTER - PHILLIPS & COMPANY, INC.


F. F. PORTER, President


E. HERBERT PHILLIPS


Insurance Brokers


Porter Building


411 Fifteenth Street Telephone Templebar 1000


"Dependable Insurance Since 1900"


HARRY R. SCHROETER


ELMER WHITE


BE WISE


OW


SCHROETER & WHITE INSURANCE


Established May 1, 1870


201-205 Plaza Bldg., 15th and Washington Sts., Phone Hi gate 1214


OAKLAND


JEWELERS


O


CRAFTSMAN ... Assured time-keeping accuracy with this handsome GRUEN. 14 Kt. solid yellow gold case, 21 jewel Precision movement ..


GRUEN CURVEX BRIDESMAID Full - size 17 jewel Precision movement actually curved to fill the wristform case. 14 kt. solid yellow gold ...


Watches


BRENT'S


ONE


CREDIT JEWELERS


YEAR


Silverware


TO


Radios


PAY


Cameras


1207 BROADWAY


TEL. TWINOAKS 1622


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Diamonds


Jewelry


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JEWELERS


RINGS and Other JEWELRY Made to Order


The Jewelry Nook


In Lobby and Rooms 216-217-218 Federal Realty Building Tel. Templebar 8126 1614 Telegraph Avenue Oakland, Calif.


William H. Ford Proprietor


Formerly of The Gold Shop 20 Years in Business in Oakland


GEMS - Re-cut and Re-polished Diamonds, Emeralds, Sapphires and Other Precious Gems ALSO SEMI-PRECIOUS CEMS IN GREAT VARIETY


LADIES' FURNISHINGS


I. MAGNIN & CO. BROADWAY AT TWENTIETH


Women's and Misses' Apparel and Accessories


METROPOLITAN SHOPS Oakland San Francisco .


Broadway at Twentieth Grant Avenue at Geary 6340 Hollywood Boulevard Hotel Ambassador Hotel Biltmore SSO E. Colorado 1315 State Street Fifth Avenue at Union


RESORT SHOPS


Pasadena Pasadena


Vista Del Arroyo


Palm Springs


El Miredor Hotel


Del Monte


. Hotel Del Monte


Coronado


Hotel Del Coronado


LAUNDRIES


Market Laundry Co., Inc.


32 Years


FINISH, ROUGH DRY, DRY WASH


Soft Water


in Business


System Used


730 MYRTLE


Phone TE mplebar 2900


OAKLAND, CALIF.


LIBRARIES


A Directory Library


Containing City Directories from all over the Country is maintained in the office of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce for your convenience - Free to consult whenever you desire. This is Part of Our Service R. L. POLK & CO.


BERKELEY AND ALAMEDA DIRECTORY (1939)


DESIGNING


RE-FASHIONING


REPRODUCING REPAIRING


Hotel Huntington


Hollywood Los Angeles Los Angeles Pasadena Santa Barbara Seattle


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LOANS


LOANS ARRANGED ON


401-402 FEDERAL REALTY BLDG. 1615 BROADWAY


BENEFICIAL FINANCE CO.


SIGNATURE ONLY FOR EMPLOYED PEOPLE


PHONE YOUR REQUEST - HIgate 6500


$5 to $300 LOANS


ARRANGED ON YOUR SIGNATURE ONLY FREE PARKING


508 16th Street


LOCAL JOAN C. 308 Latham Square Building


GL encourt 5522


$5 OFFICES IN SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND LOS ANGELES


Loans on your


Signature Only


$300 EMPLOYED MEN OR- WOMEN MARRIED OR SINGLE QUALIFY


- Hours : - 8:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Saturday: 1:00 P.M.


Signature LOAN CORPORATION


305 Central Bank Building 14th and Broadway TE mplebar 1650


LOANS - REAL ESTATE


PAY - OUT


MORTGAGE LOANS


MONTHLY PAYMENTS as low as $5.85 per $1,000.


15 to 25 Years


INTEREST as low as 5%


Also Flat Construction Loans 70% OF APPRAISAL


Pacific Bond & Mortgage Co.


1404 Franklin Street, Oakland


Phone: GL encourt 6168


(1939) R. L. POLK & CO'S OAKLAND




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