Polk's Oakland (California) city directory (Volume 1928) online

2124 Center, BERKELEY



The Largest and Best in America



Call— \,

OAkland

0536

or —

OAkland

1030 r



In a long and practical experience
we have found that the greatest
permanent appeal to buyers of any
service is quality. You uphold the
quality of the work you want and
we'll uphold the quality of our
service.



MEN'S SUITS — a Specialty

''(gloves to Rugs''

TKeR THOMAS

Parisian Dyeing and Cleaning Works

2016 TELEGRAPH AVE.



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CLOAKS AND SUITS



COSGRAVE'S, Inc.

CoatSf Dresses, Suits and Furs

DIVIDED PAYMENTS



Phone OAkland 8717



533 14th Street, and 1318 Clay OAKLAND



Eastern Outfitting Co*

Dresses, Cloaks, Suits, Waists, Furs, Lingerie, Hosiery
and Millinery

Fashionable Attire for Women and Children on Credit



We Give American Stamps

617 Fourteenth St., Between JefFerson and Grove. Phone OAkland 2975

COLLECTIONS

A Personal Call Collection Service



No Collection, No Charge



Creditors Association

515-516 Ray Building-Oakland




Telephone LAkeside 3075



(1928) R. L. Polk & Co.'s Oakland,



COLLECTIONS



R. E. READ



ESTABLISHED 1914



Read^s Bonded
Adjustment Bureau

Faustina Building, 1307 Harrison Street
OAKLAND

A Thoroughly Equipped Collection Office



PROMPT PERSONAL PRESENTATION
OF ALL ACCOUNTS



Notary Public in Office



Tel. OAkland 3413



SPENCER

COLLECTION SERVICE

LIENS, ATTACHMENTS, ETC.



Competent
Legal Department



Licensed by and

Bonded to the

State of California



Depository
The Oakland Bank



460

ELEVENTH

STREET

GROUND FLOOR



OAKLAND
CALIFORNIA



MEMBER

Commercial Law League of
America

California Association of
Mercantile Agencies

Pacific Coast Association

Collection Agencies Associa-
tion of Washington

The Credit Book



Phone OAkland 2128



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COLLECTIONS



OSCAR M. BENNETT, Proprietor Bonded Correspondents Everywhere

Bennett^s
Collection Association

(BONDED)
Square Deal Collectors

227-228 Federal Teleg. Bldg. Tel. OAkland 0763 Oakland, Calif.



KENT COMPANY



Money Secured

Good Will Retained

Personal Calls all San

Francisco Bay Region



COLLECTION

SPECIALISTS



L. M. MASON

of

Co-operative

Bureau American

Collection Service



512 Stewart Bldg., 532 16th St. Phone OAkland 1442



WE GET THE MONEY

Mercantile Credit & Adjustment Co.
A Collection Service

CUNNINGHAM BUILDING

906 Macdonald Ave. JOSEPH L. REED

Richmond, Calif. Phone Richmond 2817 Treasurer



J. J. RAUER, President ROY E. CLARK, Secretary

RAUER'S LAW & COLLECTION CO.

"A CORPORATION"

COLLECTIONS ALL BRANCHES OF COLLECTIONS NO COLLECTION

MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO NO CHARGE

TELEPHONES: GARFIELD 4583, DOUGLAS 3905

608-610-612 CLAUS SPRECKELS BUILDING, 703 MARKET STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.



(1928) R. L. Polk & Co.'s OakIaDd.J



CONFECTIONERS



ESTABLISHED SINCE 1887



LEHNHARDT'S



OAKLAND'S LEADING CONFECTIONER

DINING SERVICE
ICE CREAM CANDY PASTRIES



Broadway, between 13th and 14th OAkland 0496



THE VENUS, Inc.

OAKLAND

One of California's Finest Restaurant and Confectionery Establishments
We Manufacture and Deliver All Our

CANDIES, FRENCH PASTRIES, COFFEE CAKES AND ICE CREAM

We Use Only the Best Quality of Merchandise Obtainable

1422 Broadway 3218 Grand Ave. Phone LAkeside 5268



CONTRACTORS



Central Construction Co^

Successors to

BATES & BORLAND

GENERAL CONTRACTORS

Oakland Bank Building „ t^- m i Balboa Building

OAKLAND I nVTNr^Fi f/' SAN FRANCISCO

Phones GLencort 1921-1922 ^"* AlNUtLca Phone Kearny 2883



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CONTRACTORS



HUTCHINSON CO,

Contractors for

Street and Road Pavements, Producers Crushed Blue Rock

Grading, Sewer Systems Rail and Water Deliveries

HUTCHINSO N ^^^t!;'^',T C ONCRETE
GREAT WESTERN POWER BUILDING

17TH and BROADWAY OAkUnd 0389 OAKLAND, CAL.



CONVALESCENTS' HOME



Mae De Vriese
Private Convalescent Home

For Aged, Chronics and Convalescings

Graduate Nurse in Attendance

Reasonable Daily, Weekly, Monthly Rates

423 Athol Avenue Phone GLencort 6764



CREMATORIES



UNDER PERPETUAL CARE

The Columbarium is built around terraced gardens on a hillside.

The Gothic Chapel has beautiful rose windows. Its aisles are bordered

by cloister gardens.

Sweet-voiced pipe organs and organ chimes.

The charges are the lowest on this continent.

CALIFORNIA CREMATORIUM AND COLUMBARIUM

LAWRENCE F. MOORE, Treasurer and Manager
4499 Piedmont Avenue Telephone Piedmont 0124

Oakland, Calif. Piedmont Avenue Cars to Door Day or Night



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CURTAINS




THE CURTAIN STORE

Int er ior Deco ra tors

Curtains, Draperies, Upholstered and Living Room
Furniture, Oriental Rugs, Lamps and Shades



520 13th Street

Between Washington and Clay Streets

OAKLAND : : : : Tel. OAkland 0398



DEPARTMENT STORES



^e H. C> Cafwell Company

â–º(Telephone LAKESIDE 624o)t OAKLAND'S GREAT STORE .(Clay, I4ih and isih, OAKLAND)*



Oakland^s Great
Department Store

Eighty'five Departments, Including Bargain Basement



A store in which you may shop
with confidence in the quality and
right style of the merchandise.



SERVICE DEPARTMENTS

Beauty Parlors Children's Barber Shop Glove, Hosiery

Shoe Shining Elec^ricYaths """^^ptical -^ Shoe

Chiropody Cleaning and Dyeing Repairing



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DEPARTMENT STORES



FSciu



The Metropolitan Store in the Heart of Oakland

Telephone HOUiday 1000



Entrances on Three Streets
Broadway, San Pablo and 16th OAKLAND



^mhe Taft & Pennoyer
Company



Established 1875



Oak and's
Favorite Department Store



Emphasizing Style, Value, Quality
in Every Department

Clay at Fourteenth and Fifteenth Streets
Telephone LAkeside 0500



(1928) R. L. Polk & Co.s Oakland,



DEPARTMENT STORES



WHITTHORNE & SWAN

Oakland's Department Store That Undersells



WE



CAN -^ 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 720O



'The House That Service BuiW



J. F. HINK & SON, Inc,

DRY GOODS
LADIES' READY TO WEAR

Shattuck at Kittredge Street BERKELEY

Truly a Great Store



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 1911 Shattuck Ave.

OAKLAND BERKELEY



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DOORS



Redwood Manufacturers Co*

SASH - DOORS - MILLWORK

REDWOOD and PINE FINISH



950 Aileen St.



TANKS - PIPES - SILOS

Phone Piedmont 0326



Oakland




DRINKING WATER



Our Motto: "Sanitation'



Our Aim: "Prompt Service"




A Pure Spring Water

for

Home and Office

5736 Telegraph Ave.

Oakland



Phones Piedmont 0774 and 6112



Mention "City Directory"
and get First Bottle FREE



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DRINKING WATER




Pure Drinking Water

Unlimited Supply

/or

$1.00 per Month
Phone FRuitvale 3030

Duplex-Everclear
Filter Company

1638 East Fourteenth Street
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Our Aim —

Best Service in California



For Home,
OfBce or Factory



Radium VitaHzers
Sold and Rented




For




Pure Drinking Water



"^^"IT- Distilled Water '-™»*^""-

fills the bill



Phone ELmhurst 0878



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PELICAN PURE WATER CO.

3401 64th Ave. Place Oakland



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DRUGGISTS



G. W. APPLETON



Prescription
DRUQQIST



Medicines of Quality — Sick Room Supplies



Medical Building
1900 Franklin Street Tel. LAkeside 0025

OAKLAND



FENCE MANUFACTURERS

Standard Fence Company

WIRE AND IRON WORKS

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Phone Piedmont 0646

Main OfBce and Plant, 60th and Lowell Sts.

OAKLAND



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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.



0928) R. L. Polk & Co E Oakland.



FERRY SERVICE




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



FLOOR MAINTENANCE



BEESON




SYSTEM



BUILDERS EXCHANGE



FLOOR MAINTENANCE

Electric Processed Waterproofing Membrane
354 Hobart Phone GLencort 7400



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FURNACES



Miller Gas Floor Furnace


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It is particularly well designed for homes without basements.


Phone 117 r lUflllrtW 2165 39th Avenue
FRuitvale 3214 YV . £. iTllUcr Oakland, Calif.



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FURNITURE






Qyverything

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Very Easy Terms Always



Free Delivery to all shipping
points in California.

Trade in your old furniture;
we make a liberal al-
lowance for it.



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FURNITURE



Jackson Furniture Company

Oakland's Oldest and Largest Home Furnishing Department Store

ONE PRICE— CASH OR CREDIT
No Interest — No Carrying Charges

Except Musical Instruments

Two Entrances: CLAY STREET— 14TH STREET
Telephone LAkeside 5800 OAKLAND



GROCERS




Fine FoodProducts



COFFEE ROASTERS

3rd and Alice Streets Tel. LAkeside 1668

Manufacturers and Distributor* of

S & W Preserves, Jellies, Canned Fruits and Vegetables
S & W Dried Fruits — S & W Olives — Fish, Etc.

San Francisco Seattle London New York

Oakland Los Angeles Manila



GRANITE AND MARBLE




Piedmont Memorial Co.

Designers — Builders

Mausoleums — ^Monuments

Building Granite

Corner Piedmont and Pleasant Valley Aves.
Oakland, California

PKone Pled. 8927



(1928) R. L. Polk & Co 's Oakland.



HARDWARE




^HARDWARE CO. 5

Qeneral and Builders
Hardware



Household Goods, Crockery, Glassware, Kitchen Utensils,
Stoves and Ranges, Golf and Sporting Goods, Paints and
Varnishes, Silverware, Cutlery, Luggage, Electrical Ap-
pliances, Washing Machines, Vacuum Cleaners, Electric
Lighting Fixtures and Favors.



13th, 14th and Washington Sts.



Phone GLencort 1860



HARDWOOD LUMBER




HEALTHFOOD



CALIFORNIA HEALTH FOOD SERVICE

Everything in Health Foods

WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT - W. H. Y. — FOOD-BEVERAGE

NATURAL FRUIT JUICES — HEALTH CANDIES

100% WHOLE GRAIN FLOURS AND CEREALS

Consultation in regard to selecting and combining foods, without any obligation.



268 Fourteenth Street



Phone OAkland 2463



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HOTELS



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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.



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and Business and Social Activities.




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Management — W. C. Jurgens
Telephone GLencort 7000



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HOTELS



HOTEL LEAMINGTON

TSIineteenth Street at Franklin, Oakland



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

All outside rooms
with private bath.




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

Moderate Rates
European Plan

Garage in

Basement



Oakland's Newest and Most Modern Hotel

ATTRACTIVE MONTHLY RATES

W. M. BANTA, MANAGER. Telephone OAkland 2525




"The Durant"



THE DURANT

Berkeley's Most Exclusive
Residential Hotel



One Block' South of University
of California Campus



nt and Bowditch. Berkeley, Calif.



European and
American Plan



Dining Room
Open to the Public



SFECIAI.

PERMAITENT

RATES



HOTEL FEDERAL



HOTEL FEDERAL

OAKLAND CAUrOR^^A




Free Garage



OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

1556 BROADWAY — Next to Postoffice

Louis Abcr. Lessee-Manager C. D. Wakelec, Asst. Mgr.

96 NEWLY FURNISHED ROOMS

Thoroughly Renovated

Weekly Rate— $7.00 to $10.00; With Bath— $10.00 to $14.00

Lobby — Mezzanine Parlor — Writing and Smoking Rooms

Cock o' the Walk No. 2

'" located on the mezzanine floor

The beat place to eat in Oakland

$1.50 Daily Rate; $2.00 Bath



(1928) R. L. Polk & Co.'s Oakland.



HOTELS




HOTEL MENLO

GARAGE 25 CENTS

13th and Webster Phone LAkeside 0725

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA



RATES $1.50 TO $3.00 PER DAY

Special Rates by the Week or Month
I. M. THEVREB BAYARD WOOTEN





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Phone Piedmont 8701

HOTEL PIEDMONT

MISS A. CORUM, Owner and Manager

A Delightfully Appointed Residential Hotel

Whose capacious and richly furnished rooms are

enhanced by a unique and complete

Dining Salon.

Rates— $2.00 per Day and Up

Attractive Monthly Rates <

3451 PIEDMONT AVE. OAKLAND




Rates Reasonable

Always a Good Room

for $1.50



A HOMELIKE HOTEL



SPECIAL RATES TO

PERMANENTS

Cafe in Connection

Handy to Garage




Phone OAkland 2402

San Pablo at Twentieth

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA




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




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.

INSECTICIDES AND EXTERMINATORS

WE KILL ANTS

AND ALL INSECTS
Spray and Fumigation

GRING'S IRICIDE CO.

1734 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
IRICIDE (Ant-Kill) -, I „p , , n7Qn

For Sale by Druggists or Guaranteed Home Service * ©*• DtirKeley XjlifV

INSURANCE

Founded 1868 Capital Fully Paid $4,000,000

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. Oakland, California

Phones: GLencort 7676-7677



(1928) R. L. Polk & Co.'s Oakland,



INSURANCE



FIRE -. AUTOMOBILE

and

MARINE INSURANCE




LOOK
FOR THIS
EMBLEM
ON YOUR
POLICY



GLENCOURT 8110
802 OAKLAND BANK BLDG.



HEAD OFFICE: SAN FRANCISCO



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INSURANCE



JOHN W. C. ABBOTT

GENERAL INSURANCE

FIRE LIFE

AlITOMORIIP BURGLARY

» ^.ii^lnx,^ WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION

ACCIDENT PUBLIC LIABILITY

602 American Bank Building Phone OAkland 3275



Harry H. Hollidse Jes* A. 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



HOME ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY
HOME FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY



Automobile Insurance



Alameda County Title Ins. Bldg. Alaska Commercial Building

Oakland San Francisco



(19281 R. L. Polk & Co.s Oakland.



INSURANCE



GLencort 5010 PHONE GLencort 5010

THE

Italian^American Realty Co*

301-304 Bank of Italy Biag., 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 r>i IT ACCIDENT

LIFE (jreneral Insurance automobile



Agent* for
Providence Washington Insurance Co. Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co.

New Zealand Insurance Co. Colonial Fire Underwriters Caledonian Insurance Co.

REAL ESTATE LOANS INVESTMENTS

424 17th OAKLAND LAkeside 0798



INSURE WITH

KERR & McCANDLISH

ALL LINES OF INSURANCE

Representing the following Fire Companies

Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co. Northern Assurance Co. of London

Security Insurance Co. Philadelphia F. & M. Ins. Co.

Telephone GLencort 9650

706-708 Oakland Bank Bldg. OAKLAND 12th and Broadway



Phone THornwall 5831

Marguerite C. Layton

Life Insurance Underwriter

Children's Endowments and Insurance on Women at
Equal Rates with Men a Specialty

2829 PIEDMONT AVENUE BERKELEY, CAL.

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INSURANCE



RELIANCE LIFE INS. CO.

OF PITTSBURGH, PA.

LIFE - ACCIDENT - HEALTH



ANGUS ALLMOND
Supt. of Agencie*

Telephone GLencort 2063



R. C. O'CONNOR
Agency Organizer



417-18 Central Bank Bldg.











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Cover your Insurance needs by consult-


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FRED S. STRIPP

BERKELEY

305-6 American Trust Company Building

Phone BErkeley 0717









INVESTMENTS







WE TELL 'EM AND SELL 'EM






Member Oakland Real Estate Board

Member Oakland Chamber of Commerce

Member National Development Association

Federal Land Value Insurance




JOS,


MARTIN COMPANY

INVESTMENTS




General


Offices: Suites 1001-1002-1020-1021 Ray Building


Telephones: GLencort


1924 BROADWAY
6518, 6519 OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA



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

Steel Castings

One Pound to 12,000 Pounds



(1928) R. L. Polk & Co.'s Oakland,



IRON AND STEEL FORCINGS



Contract Manufacturing
Forging Stamping Machineing Grinding

MACKAY AUSTIN VALVE CO.

QUANTITY PRODUCTION ONLY

Manufacturers of

ALLOY STEEL AUTO ENGINE VALVES,
BENCH VISES, HOISTS AND TROLLEYS

4069 Hollis Street Oakland, Calif.



IRON AND WIRE WORKS



LIBERTY ORNAMENTAL IRON & WIRE WORKS

MANUFACTURERS OF

Fire Escapes — Stair Rails — Door Grilles — Elevator

Cages — Balconies — Folding Gates and Flower

Stands

21st an^^ Filbert St., Oakland Phone OAkland 4950



From 30 to 50 per cent



Of the Information in the DIRECTORY of a city or town
changes each year. Did you know this? For this reason
is it not money saved to have the latest information handy?
The only way to do is to have the

LATEST CITY DIRECTORY



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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 Towing, is composed of experts who
KNOW HOW.

They are ready to serve you — ANY TIME !



Howard St.
Wharf

SAN FRANCISCO

Telephone
Davenport 18S5




Franklin St.
Wharf

OAKLAND

Telephone
GLencort 6957



WORKS: NORTH END OF GRAND STREET

ALAMEDA

Telephone ALameda 5760

The Dominant Service That Spans the Bay



(19281 R L Polk & Co s Oakland,



LAUNDRIES



WHITE STAR

LAUNDRY CO.

Phone Piedmont 0308



ANTISEPTIC
LAUNDRY CO.

Phone Piedmont 0514



MME. COINS
FRENCH LAUNDRY



Phone Piedmont 0188



BROADWAY
LAUNDRY CO.

Phone Piedmont 4071



BROADWAY AT FORTIETH STREET



Berkeley and Alameda Directory (1928)



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 0518
2639 East 9th St. OAKLAND



Market Laundry Co*, Inc*

Finish, Rough Dry, Dry Wash

718-724 MYRTLE OAKLAND, CAL.

Phone LAkeside 2900



"The

DIRECTORY

IS THE COMMON

INTERMEDIARY

BETWEEN

BUYERa»«>SEILER



(1928) R. L. Polk & Co.'s Oakland,



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



DUTHIE & CO.

REAL ESTATE FINANCING



Real Estate OAKLAND

Insurance CALIF. r„„^ 5^2, Phone GLencort



1404 Franklin Street



REAL ESTATE LOANS

LOWEST RATES

5% to 6%

CALVIN PHILIPS & CO.

QUICK SERVICE

1101 Central Bank BIdg. GLencort 4002



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LUMBER



£♦ K* Wood Lumber Co^

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALERS IN

LUMBER

MILL WORK and MOULDING



MILLS

Anacortes, Wash.

Bellingham, Waih.

Hoquiam, Wash.
GENERAL OFFICES

No. 1 Drumm St.
San Francisco, Cal.