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Fred Solari Restaurant Menu Maiden Lane Kearny St San Francisco California 1940s. A 4 page dinner menu from Fred Solari, Inc. Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge with locations at 19 Maiden Lane and 29 Kearny Street in San Francisco California. Has local advertising on the back cover and a brief history of Fred Solari on the interior. Measures about 7 1/2″ x 12 3/4″ when closed Due to the size limitations of my scanner, the entire menu may not show in some of the scans. In good condition with fold line and edge and corner wear. Ckages may be 8 to 18. Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution.

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The product is a vintage ceramic wall hanging from the 1940s, specifically in the San Francisco area in California. This item would likely have a unique and classic design that reflects the style and culture of the time period, featuring a piece of California history and craftsmanship from the mid-20th century. It would make a charming and decorative addition to any home or space, adding a touch of nostalgia and vintage flair to the surroundings.

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I have up for sale a neat hard to find, circa middle to late 1940s, San Francisco Cable Car Die Cut Postcard. Its approx 9-3/4 long and was the designers name on the card is John D Anderson. The card is unposted, its in great shape with the exception of the lower left where its been bent. I have this shown in the pics. The card is imperfect but still in good displayable condition. ONLY THROW OUT THE BOXES AND PACKAGING AFTER YOU HAVE INSPECTED THE ITEM OR ITEMS AND FIND NO DAMAGE other than what may be noted in the condition report or shown in the pics. SAVE THE BOX AND ALL PACKAGING, PICS OF THE OUTER BOX AND INNER BOX, AND OF THE DAMAGED ITEM WOULD BE REQUIRED. THIS IS PART OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO DAMAGE. I PACKAGE TO THE VERY BEST OF MY ABILITIES BUT SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL. I list my items as thorough and as honestly as I can – but it is the buyers responsibility to be informed as possible. Color shades/tones may vary depending on my back round and lighting conditions as well your or my monitor settings. All my items are either older collectibles or antiques and as with anything of this nature there may be slight imperfections due to age or use as well as manufacturing imperfections. Please view the pics as though they are part of the items description.

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5 x 8 signed photo of. Active 1943 – 1952. Jimmy Top Row Allen. San Francisco, California, USA. Won 25 (KO 9) + lost 26 (KO 5) + drawn 13 = 64. Champions of the Ring.

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See title and pics for description. I believe this is from the 1940s but it is undated. Has some light staining. Folds out to some cool maps.

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1940’s Family Photo Album, California, Travel, Vintage Fashion. 100% Guaranteed Old and Authentic – NO REPRODUCTIONS. Size(inches): 10″ x 13″. Wonderful vintage 1940s family photo album, featuring 56 pages of family, travel, and pet photos. Most of the photos in the album were taken between 1940 and 1950. There is a combination of black and white and color film photography and each picture has been pasted, with captions onto black construction paper pages. This album has many pictures of trips to California landmarks, including Mt. Shasta and Treasure Island in San Francisco. There are also pictures from Canada and other areas of the country. The album is in good condition with most of the photos secured to the pages. There are a few loose photos, as well as some missing ones, however. This is a fantastic slice of life look at the life of a typical California family during WWII era 1940’s. Please see our photos for a closer look at this item.

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1940’s TONGA ROOM Menu Nob Hill San Francisco California Tiki Fairmont Hotel. Has light crease from being folded in half. See right side photo1. The Office Of Price Administration started 8/28/1941 ended 5/29/1947. The Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar is a restaurant and tiki bar in the Fairmont San Francisco hotel in San Francisco, California. Named after the South Pacific nation of Tonga, this dining and entertainment venue. This Could be their first menu.

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Vintage 1940s Young Man, San Francisco California, Knotts Berry Farm, Calico. For your consideration a vintage photo album of a young man growing up in Albany, San Francisco Bay Area. There are around 135 photos in different sizes all from the 1940s. Some of the topics include the following. Knotts Berry Farm with hangman’s tree with noose, stagecoach, show. Probably within the first few years of being open. 11″ by 14″ album. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Photographic Images\Photograph Albums”. The seller is “paul10″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Wallis and Futuna, Gambia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Poland, Oman, Suriname, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Argentina, Guinea-Bissau, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Bhutan, Senegal, Togo, Ireland, Qatar, Burundi, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Equatorial Guinea, Thailand, Aruba, Sweden, Iceland, Macedonia, Belgium, Israel, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Benin, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Swaziland, Italy, Tanzania, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Panama, Singapore, Kyrgyzstan, Switzerland, Djibouti, Chile, China, Mali, Botswana, Republic of Croatia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Portugal, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Malta, Cayman Islands, Paraguay, Saint Helena, Cyprus, Seychelles, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Australia, Austria, Sri Lanka, Gabon Republic, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Norway, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Kiribati, Turkmenistan, Grenada, Greece, Haiti, Greenland, Yemen, Afghanistan, Montenegro, Mongolia, Nepal, Bahamas, Bahrain, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Angola, Western Samoa, France, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Denmark, Guatemala, Solomon Islands, Vatican City State, Sierra Leone, Nauru, Anguilla, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Cameroon, Guyana, Azerbaijan Republic, Macau, Georgia, Tonga, San Marino, Eritrea, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Morocco, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Mauritania, Belize, Philippines, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Colombia, Spain, Estonia, Bermuda, Montserrat, Zambia, South Korea, Vanuatu, Ecuador, Albania, Ethiopia, Monaco, Niger, Laos, Ghana, Cape Verde Islands, Moldova, Madagascar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Lebanon, Liberia, Bolivia, Maldives, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Central African Republic, Lesotho, Nigeria, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, Jordan, Guinea, Canada, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Andorra, Romania, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Lithuania, Trinidad and Tobago, Malawi, Nicaragua, Finland, Tunisia, Uganda, Luxembourg, Brazil, Turkey, Germany, Egypt, Latvia, Jamaica, South Africa, Brunei Darussalam, Honduras.

• Unit of Sale: Lot
• Type: Photograph Album
• Year of Production: 1940
• Format: Snapshot
• Number of Photographs: 135
• Image Color: Black & White
• Theme: Americana, Automobilia, Domestic & Family Life, Leisure, Nautical, Social History, Universities
• Material: Paper
• Time Period Manufactured: 1925-1949
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Subject: Baby, Family, Men, Women, Automobiles, College, Football, Ghost Town, Cushman Minibike, Paperboy
• Vintage: Yes

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Original Joe’s Menu Taylor St San Francisco California Joe’s Special 1940’s. A 4 page menu from the Original Joe’s on Taylor Street in San Francisco California. Measures about 7″ x 11″ when closed. This menu is circa the late 1930’s. Has wine list and beverages on the back cover. Due to the size limitations of my scanner, the entire menu may not show in some of the scans. From Doordash THE HISTORY OF ORIGINAL JOE’S The name “Joe’s” was a generic name that dates back to the Barbary Coast in San Francisco. During the 1920’s, a group of entrepreneurs decided to open a new restaurant on Broadway Street in San Francisco. The name “Joe’s” had gone dormant for a while and they determined that “New Joe’s” would be a good name. “New Joe’s” became the first restaurant in San Francisco to do exhibition cooking where food was prepared in full view of the customers. It was also the restaurant where the “Joe’s Special” was created. Folklore has it that a customer ordered a spinach omelet very late one night. The customer asked the chef if he had anything else available to cook. The chef replied he had some hamburger left. The customer asked him to throw some of the hamburger into his omelet. The dish became so popular that they eventually put it on the menu. In 1937 the partner’s at “New Joe’s” had a falling out. One of the partner’s teamed up with Louis J. Rocca and Ante Rodin and started a restaurant at 144 Taylor Street in San Francisco. He insisted he was “The Original” so they called the new restaurant Original Joe’s. The restaurant became extremely popular. On May 24, 1956 Louis J. (Babe), Arthur Tortore (Otto) and Anthony Caramagno (Nino) opened “Original Joe’s” in San Jose. The four partners wanted to bring an authentic San Francisco restaurant to the South Bay. They were convinced that if they could keep it authentic, they could serve the community by producing their traditional home-style Italian American Cuisine. Their desire was so great that they actually transported San Francisco French Bread via Greyhound Bus everyday for the first two years of operation. In the early 1970’s downtown San Jose started to flounder. Businesses were relocating to the outskirts of town. Original Joe’s became one of the cornerstones for an ever changing downtown. As the genres of food have changed over the years, Original Joe’s maintains its traditional roots. Still owned and operated by the Rocca Family, Original Joe’s continues to strive to replicate the dining experience that people have enjoyed for over half of a century. In very good condition with cover discoloration. Ckages may be 8 to 18. Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Paper\Menus”. The seller is “herwoldallas” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Canada, Australia.

• This Collectible: An Original Vintage Menu

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Original Joe’s Menu Taylor St San Francisco California Joe’s Special 1940’s. A 4 page menu from the Original Joe’s on Taylor Street in San Francisco California. Measures about 7″ x 11″ when closed. This menu is circa the late 1930’s. Has wine list and beverages on the back cover. Due to the size limitations of my scanner, the entire menu may not show in some of the scans. From Doordash THE HISTORY OF ORIGINAL JOE’S The name “Joe’s” was a generic name that dates back to the Barbary Coast in San Francisco. During the 1920’s, a group of entrepreneurs decided to open a new restaurant on Broadway Street in San Francisco. The name “Joe’s” had gone dormant for a while and they determined that “New Joe’s” would be a good name. “New Joe’s” became the first restaurant in San Francisco to do exhibition cooking where food was prepared in full view of the customers. It was also the restaurant where the “Joe’s Special” was created. Folklore has it that a customer ordered a spinach omelet very late one night. The customer asked the chef if he had anything else available to cook. The chef replied he had some hamburger left. The customer asked him to throw some of the hamburger into his omelet. The dish became so popular that they eventually put it on the menu. In 1937 the partner’s at “New Joe’s” had a falling out. One of the partner’s teamed up with Louis J. Rocca and Ante Rodin and started a restaurant at 144 Taylor Street in San Francisco. He insisted he was “The Original” so they called the new restaurant Original Joe’s. The restaurant became extremely popular. On May 24, 1956 Louis J. (Babe), Arthur Tortore (Otto) and Anthony Caramagno (Nino) opened “Original Joe’s” in San Jose. The four partners wanted to bring an authentic San Francisco restaurant to the South Bay. They were convinced that if they could keep it authentic, they could serve the community by producing their traditional home-style Italian American Cuisine. Their desire was so great that they actually transported San Francisco French Bread via Greyhound Bus everyday for the first two years of operation. In the early 1970’s downtown San Jose started to flounder. Businesses were relocating to the outskirts of town. Original Joe’s became one of the cornerstones for an ever changing downtown. As the genres of food have changed over the years, Original Joe’s maintains its traditional roots. Still owned and operated by the Rocca Family, Original Joe’s continues to strive to replicate the dining experience that people have enjoyed for over half of a century. In very good condition with cover discoloration. Ckages may be 8 to 18. Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Paper\Menus”. The seller is “herwoldallas” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Canada, Australia.

• This Collectible: An Original Vintage Menu

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