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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
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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
٢٢٢٢ ٢٢٢
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
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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
.
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"
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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
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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
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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
(1939) R. L. POLK & CO'S OAKLAND
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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
(1939) R. L. POLK & CO'S OAKLAND
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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.
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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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