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San Francisco Cesar Chavez St. Up for sale today is this Cesar Chavez Street, 3400 block sign. The sign is made to the 1965 specification used by the city of San Francisco to designate this famous street. This is the last style of all-capitals signage before they went to mixed case in 2009. The sign is 36 by 12 inches, which is the same size as the originals, and weighs about 8 pounds, 10 ounces. This is a high quality, heavy steel remake. Accept no imitations that may be one-third this price, but are one-tenth the quality. No cheap tin to be found here, with the wrong fonts, layouts, size, shape, or any other manner of embarrassing imperfection. This one will make even the most discerning collector stick their nose into the sign, as it looks that good from that close! Would you like a street name or block number not seen here? Or perhaps a different style? I can of course make these signs with any street name of your choice, and not just this style, but older and newer ones, and even the classic mileage, direction, and route shield signs from the era. Anything you would like, made with unsurpassed quality right here in the good old US of A.

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San Francisco Cesar Chavez St. Up for sale today is this Cesar Chavez Street, 3400 block sign. The sign is made to the 1965 specification used by the city of San Francisco to designate this famous street. This is the last style of all-capitals signage before they went to mixed case in 2009. The sign is 30 by 10 inches, and weighs about 6 pounds, 3 ounces. It is a faithful rescaling of the original 36×12 signs for a more convenient display. This is a high quality, heavy steel remake. Accept no imitations that may be one-third this price, but are one-tenth the quality. No cheap tin to be found here, with the wrong fonts, layouts, size, shape, or any other manner of embarrassing imperfection. This one will make even the most discerning collector stick their nose into the sign, as it looks that good from that close! Would you like a street name or block number not seen here? Or perhaps a different style? I can of course make these signs with any street name of your choice, and not just this style, but older and newer ones, and even the classic mileage, direction, and route shield signs from the era. Anything you would like, made with unsurpassed quality right here in the good old US of A.

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San Francisco Cesar Chavez St. Up for sale today is this Cesar Chavez Street, 3400 block sign. The sign is made to the 1965 specification used by the city of San Francisco to designate this famous street. This is the last style of all-capitals signage before they went to mixed case in 2009. The sign is 36 by 12 inches, which is the same size as the originals, and weighs about 8 pounds, 10 ounces. This is a high quality, heavy steel remake. Accept no imitations that may be one-third this price, but are one-tenth the quality. No cheap tin to be found here, with the wrong fonts, layouts, size, shape, or any other manner of embarrassing imperfection. This one will make even the most discerning collector stick their nose into the sign, as it looks that good from that close! Would you like a street name or block number not seen here? Or perhaps a different style? I can of course make these signs with any street name of your choice, and not just this style, but older and newer ones, and even the classic mileage, direction, and route shield signs from the era. Anything you would like, made with unsurpassed quality right here in the good old US of A.

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An original antique photograph of the U. ARMY 49th MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY at the Presidio, San Francisco, California on 6 February 1933. Givins of the Presidio. Black & White Photo sighted is 7-1/4″ x 20-1/2″ in a period frame with glass and overall is 9″ x 22-1/4″. The photograph appears to be in very good condition. The wood frame appears to be in good plus condition with minor scratches. I have not examined this photograph outside of the frame. Thank you for your interest in this photograph..

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Darjeeling Dandy & Bearers halftone front with writing from 793rd Bomb Squadron San Francisco, California Stamped 1945 US Army APO Free WW2 WWII Postcard.

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Souvenir and Book of Information of San Francisco. Published by and compliments of Newman’s New Russ House Montgomery, Bush and Pine Sts. Army and Navy Headquarters (wrapper title). The Gabriel Printing Co. Profusely illustrated from photographs & drawings; advertisements. 19.2×23.3 cm (7½x9¼), string-tied through punchholes. Scarce, well-illustrated promotional brochure for the landmark hotel in Old San Francisco. Much of the booklet is devoted to the hotel mascot, Lester C, known as Dewey, a massive St. Bernard weighing nearly 240 lbs, and just shy of nine feet from nose to the tip of his tail, and to Dewey’s canine friends. OCLC lists three copies, at the California Historical Society, the Huntington Library, and Yale University. The Russ House was built by Christian Russ who arrived in San Francisco with his wife and sons on March 26, 1847 from New York on a boat called the Loo Choo. He was a jeweler by trade established a jewelry shop which turned into a huge booming business when the upcoming gold rush came. In fact, he expanded to different areas of the business like assaying where he was able to take a little gold off the top for each assayer. When the Gold Rush ended, he tore down those cottages and built the Russ House which became a famous hotel and restaurant. In 1902 the new proprietor Charles Newman assumed control of the house, and expended many thousands of dollars in remodeling and refitting the Russ. The Russ House contained four hundred rooms, all spacious, well ventilated. The house had the latest electrical devices. The Russ had one of the finest Gentlemen’s café and bar in the city. There are great full pages photographs of these café and bars in the book, barber shop, as well as printed program and menu of the café. There are also photos of the Russ’ beautiful ceiling decoration and paintings, including big Henry Raschen “Discovery of Gold in 1848″. There are also some great San Francisco pre-earthquake photos, San Francisco map, as well as some great advertisements. Like most everything on Montgomery street the Russ House burned in 1906, and Charles Newman lost his business. It was replaced by three story office-building. In 1927 or so, the building was rebuilt and turned into a 31 story Russ Building which, as hard as it may be to believe, was then known for a long time as the tallest building in the West. Well Worn and dusty, the string tie is original; Was found in an estate of dusty books. I started cleaning, but did not want to ruin pages. Non-smoking home, stored out of sunlight.

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Darjeeling Dandy & Bearers halftone front with writing from 793rd Bomb Squadron San Francisco, California Stamped 1945 US Army APO Free WW2 WWII Postcard.

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This is an original U. Blizzard Rages During Rescue Attempts by Army: Members of the rescue mission unloaded 3 Army weasels at the rescue point about 11 miles from the snowbound City of San Francisco stranded at Yuba Gap, California with 221 passengers and a crew on board. Photog: Cpl Donald G.

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This is an original U. Passengers weight transfer to another train aiter rescue parties broke through to the snowbound city of San Francisco at Yuba gap, california. They were stranded for three and a half days while Rescue Team tried to get through a raging blizzard. Photog: Cpl Donald G.

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An original antique photograph of the U. ARMY 49th MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY at the Presidio, San Francisco, California on 6 February 1933. Givins of the Presidio. Black & White Photo sighted is 7-1/4″ x 20-1/2″ in a period frame with glass and overall is 9″ x 22-1/4″. The photograph appears to be in very good condition. The wood frame appears to be in good plus condition with minor scratches. I have not examined this photograph outside of the frame. Thank you for your interest in this photograph..

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