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Red-mark period tea cup and saucer Puce-mark period cup and saucer. Rockingham porcelain was produced in two distinct periods: 1826–1830, the so-called red-mark period, [7] and 1831–1842, the puce-mark period. [8] As their names suggest, these periods are defined by the backstamps found on porcelain.
South San Francisco Opera House: South San Francisco Opera House: March 21, 2011 : 4701–4705 Third St. and 1601 Newcomb Ave. Bayview-Hunters Point: 173: Southern Pacific Company Hospital Historic District
William Westerfeld (September 12, 1842 – February 18, 1895) was a German baker and confectioner who lived in San Francisco, California. He moved to America and learned the confectionery trade, and then opened his own bakery; he became prosperous.
M.J. Brandenstein & Company, of San Francisco, began to pack coffee in vacuum cans in 1914." [6] For the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 MJB created a temporary "ultramodern" coffee house featuring a giant cup and saucer on the roof with the illuminated word "WHY." [7]
They grew in popularity in Sacramento, because of the proximity to mines. The company had a second store location at Front and California Street in San Francisco, active from 1867 until 1906, which was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. [7] The building was converted in the year 2000 into office space for Organic, Inc.
The White House logo Name plate of The White House [1]. The White House was the first department store in San Francisco; it opened in 1854 and closed in 1965.It was originally named Davidson & Lane, then J.W. Davidson & Company, and finally, in 1870, when it moved to a large new building, took the name "The White House".
The Boarding House was a music and comedy nightclub, located at 960 Bush Street in San Francisco, California, opened by David Allen in 1971 and closed in the early 1980s. [1] Many comedians launched their career at The Boarding House including Robin Williams .
Listed as management in the 1905 San Francisco city directory were Henry L. Finck and William F. Litzius. Henry L. Finck was a brother of Julius. Litzius had been with the company for twenty-five years in various capacities – clerk, salesman, secretary. In 1905 he made the controversial move of petitioning to change his surname to Will.