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Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
San Francisco Business
Author: Merchant Mairne
Author: United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and FisheriesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Misfits, Merchants, and Mayhem
Author: Lee BrunoPublisher: Cameron
ISBN: 9781944903275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The waterfront is where it all began for San Francisco. It's where untold numbers of adventurers and fortune-hunters first stepped foot upon the land that embodied possibility. It's where ships from around the world, carrying sea-faring gold seekers, maritime traders, free-spirited mavericks, and hopeful immigrants, came to anchor. And it's where the unconventional, opportunistic, and indefatigable embarked. Misfits, Merchants & Mayhem: Tales from San Francisco's Historic Waterfront, 1849-1934 shares the stories of exceptional newcomers and outliers, whose intrepid spirits helped to transform a small port into one of the most beautiful, unpredictable, and beloved cities in the world. Lee Bruno explores nearly a century of waterfront history, ranging from the Gold Rush to the Jazz Age, telling the tales of the enterprising entrepreneurs, reckless financiers, tireless reformers, visionary architects and city planners, and bohemian artists, musicians, and poets who all heeded the call of promise. With more than 100 historical images, Misfits, Merchants & Mayhem celebrates the famous (and infamous) characters whose charismatic personalities and perseverance created the institutions, businesses, and cultural fabric of San Francisco.
Lost Department Stores of San Francisco
Author: Anne Evers HitzPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439669198
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco's merchant princes built grand stores for a booming city, each with its own niche. For the eager clientele, a trip downtown meant dressing up--hats, gloves and stockings required--and going to Blum's for Coffee Crunch cake or Townsend's for creamed spinach. The I. Magnin empire catered to a selective upper-class clientele, while middle-class shoppers loved the Emporium department store with its Bargain Basement and Santa for the kids. Gump's defined good taste, the City of Paris satisfied desires for anything French and edgy, youth-oriented Joseph Magnin ensnared the younger shoppers with the latest trends. Join author Anne Evers Hitz as she looks back at the colorful personalities that created six major stores and defined shopping in San Francisco.
Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown
Author: Arnold GenthePublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486140695
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
130 rare photos offer fascinating visual record of Chinatown before the great 1906 earthquake. Informative text traces history of Chinese in California.
Merchant Marine
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and FisheriesPublisher:
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Category : Maritime law
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
Considers legislation to extend shipbuilding construction loans; to provide for equitable distribution of mail contracts and institute a Federal maritime reinsurance program; to revise U.S. Shipping Board authority and jurisdiction; and to establish a Merchant Marine Naval Reserve.
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly ... of the Legislature of the State of California ...
Author: CaliforniaAmerican Documented Seagoing Merchant Vessels of 500 Gross Tons and Over
Author: United States. Department of Commerce. Bureau of NavigationPublisher:
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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Transactions
Author: Commonwealth Club of CaliforniaPublisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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