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INTEREST TO LADIES & GENTLEMAN 1889 San Francisco Advert ALARM BOX LOCATIONS. TITLE: Items of Interest to Ladies and Gentlemen. Thomas’s French Dyeing and Cleaning Works 318 & 320 Eleventh St. AUTHOR: Fernard and Gustave Thomas. PUBLISHER: San Francisco: F. Thomas’ French Dyeing and Cleaning Works No printer stated. DATE: [1889] Inscription in ink, front cover, of unknown origin. 14 cm x 10 cm. CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD. With the exception of a later pen inscription on front cover, in FINE condition. Very light crease on some pages, and delicate cover due to age. Salmon wraps printed front and back. Stitches 1.5 cm width. NOTES: A thorough advertisement for a dry cleaning and dyeing service to San Francisco elites who could afford to wear starched collars and silk. An interesting feature is the helpful publication of San Francisco Alarm box locations inside the front cover. Built in the 1860’s, San Francisco’s alarm box system is a network of hand crank powered telegraph lines to each of the of the city’s neighborhoods (many of which are obscured from line of sight observation by the city’s hills from the central fire station). The system worked effectively at controlling fires until, of course, the major conflagration of 1906 which overwhelmed all of the city’s systems. Also notable would be the telephone availablity advertised in the pamphlet. Eleven years later, you could calle the cleaners with it! Listing and template services provided by inkFrog. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “poetryinpower” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Author: Fernard and Gustave Thomas
• Binding: Brochure/Pamphlet
• Language: English
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Place of Publication: San Francisco, California
• Year Printed: 1889

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INTEREST TO LADIES & GENTLEMAN 1889 San Francisco Advert ALARM BOX LOCATIONS. TITLE: Items of Interest to Ladies and Gentlemen. Thomas’s French Dyeing and Cleaning Works 318 & 320 Eleventh St. AUTHOR: Fernard and Gustave Thomas. PUBLISHER: San Francisco: F. Thomas’ French Dyeing and Cleaning Works No printer stated. DATE: [1889] Inscription in ink, front cover, of unknown origin. 14 cm x 10 cm. CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD. With the exception of a later pen inscription on front cover, in FINE condition. Very light crease on some pages, and delicate cover due to age. Salmon wraps printed front and back. Stitches 1.5 cm width. NOTES: A thorough advertisement for a dry cleaning and dyeing service to San Francisco elites who could afford to wear starched collars and silk. An interesting feature is the helpful publication of San Francisco Alarm box locations inside the front cover. Built in the 1860’s, San Francisco’s alarm box system is a network of hand crank powered telegraph lines to each of the of the city’s neighborhoods (many of which are obscured from line of sight observation by the city’s hills from the central fire station). The system worked effectively at controlling fires until, of course, the major conflagration of 1906 which overwhelmed all of the city’s systems. Also notable would be the telephone availablity advertised in the pamphlet. Eleven years later, you could calle the cleaners with it! Listing and template services provided by inkFrog. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “poetryinpower” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Author: Fernard and Gustave Thomas
• Binding: Brochure/Pamphlet
• Language: English
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Place of Publication: San Francisco, California
• Year Printed: 1889

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INTEREST TO LADIES & GENTLEMAN 1889 San Francisco Advert ALARM BOX LOCATIONS. TITLE: Items of Interest to Ladies and Gentlemen. Thomas’s French Dyeing and Cleaning Works 318 & 320 Eleventh St. AUTHOR: Fernard and Gustave Thomas. PUBLISHER: San Francisco: F. Thomas’ French Dyeing and Cleaning Works No printer stated. DATE: [1889] Inscription in ink, front cover, of unknown origin. 14 cm x 10 cm. CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD. With the exception of a later pen inscription on front cover, in FINE condition. Very light crease on some pages, and delicate cover due to age. Salmon wraps printed front and back. Stitches 1.5 cm width. NOTES: A thorough advertisement for a dry cleaning and dyeing service to San Francisco elites who could afford to wear starched collars and silk. An interesting feature is the helpful publication of San Francisco Alarm box locations inside the front cover. Built in the 1860’s, San Francisco’s alarm box system is a network of hand crank powered telegraph lines to each of the of the city’s neighborhoods (many of which are obscured from line of sight observation by the city’s hills from the central fire station). The system worked effectively at controlling fires until, of course, the major conflagration of 1906 which overwhelmed all of the city’s systems. Also notable would be the telephone availablity advertised in the pamphlet. Eleven years later, you could calle the cleaners with it! Listing and template services provided by inkFrog. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “poetryinpower” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Author: Fernard and Gustave Thomas
• Binding: Brochure/Pamphlet
• Language: English
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Place of Publication: San Francisco, California
• Year Printed: 1889

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INTEREST TO LADIES & GENTLEMAN 1889 San Francisco Advert ALARM BOX LOCATIONS. TITLE: Items of Interest to Ladies and Gentlemen. Thomas’s French Dyeing and Cleaning Works 318 & 320 Eleventh St. AUTHOR: Fernard and Gustave Thomas. PUBLISHER: San Francisco: F. Thomas’ French Dyeing and Cleaning Works No printer stated. DATE: [1889] Inscription in ink, front cover, of unknown origin. 14 cm x 10 cm. CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD. With the exception of a later pen inscription on front cover, in FINE condition. Very light crease on some pages, and delicate cover due to age. Salmon wraps printed front and back. Stitches 1.5 cm width. NOTES: A thorough advertisement for a dry cleaning and dyeing service to San Francisco elites who could afford to wear starched collars and silk. An interesting feature is the helpful publication of San Francisco Alarm box locations inside the front cover. Built in the 1860’s, San Francisco’s alarm box system is a network of hand crank powered telegraph lines to each of the of the city’s neighborhoods (many of which are obscured from line of sight observation by the city’s hills from the central fire station). The system worked effectively at controlling fires until, of course, the major conflagration of 1906 which overwhelmed all of the city’s systems. Also notable would be the telephone availablity advertised in the pamphlet. Eleven years later, you could calle the cleaners with it! Listing and template services provided by inkFrog. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “poetryinpower” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Author: Fernard and Gustave Thomas
• Binding: Brochure/Pamphlet
• Language: English
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Place of Publication: San Francisco, California
• Year Printed: 1889

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INTEREST TO LADIES & GENTLEMAN 1889 San Francisco Advert ALARM BOX LOCATIONS. TITLE: Items of Interest to Ladies and Gentlemen. Thomas’s French Dyeing and Cleaning Works 318 & 320 Eleventh St. AUTHOR: Fernard and Gustave Thomas. PUBLISHER: San Francisco: F. Thomas’ French Dyeing and Cleaning Works No printer stated. DATE: [1889] Inscription in ink, front cover, of unknown origin. 14 cm x 10 cm. CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD. With the exception of a later pen inscription on front cover, in FINE condition. Very light crease on some pages, and delicate cover due to age. Salmon wraps printed front and back. Stitches 1.5 cm width. NOTES: A thorough advertisement for a dry cleaning and dyeing service to San Francisco elites who could afford to wear starched collars and silk. An interesting feature is the helpful publication of San Francisco Alarm box locations inside the front cover. Built in the 1860’s, San Francisco’s alarm box system is a network of hand crank powered telegraph lines to each of the of the city’s neighborhoods (many of which are obscured from line of sight observation by the city’s hills from the central fire station). The system worked effectively at controlling fires until, of course, the major conflagration of 1906 which overwhelmed all of the city’s systems. Also notable would be the telephone availablity advertised in the pamphlet. Eleven years later, you could calle the cleaners with it! Listing and template services provided by inkFrog. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “poetryinpower” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Author: Fernard and Gustave Thomas
• Binding: Brochure/Pamphlet
• Language: English
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Place of Publication: San Francisco, California
• Year Printed: 1889

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INTEREST TO LADIES & GENTLEMAN 1889 San Francisco Advert ALARM BOX LOCATIONS. TITLE: Items of Interest to Ladies and Gentlemen. Thomas’s French Dyeing and Cleaning Works 318 & 320 Eleventh St. AUTHOR: Fernard and Gustave Thomas. PUBLISHER: San Francisco: F. Thomas’ French Dyeing and Cleaning Works No printer stated. DATE: [1889] Inscription in ink, front cover, of unknown origin. 14 cm x 10 cm. CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD. With the exception of a later pen inscription on front cover, in FINE condition. Very light crease on some pages, and delicate cover due to age. Salmon wraps printed front and back. Stitches 1.5 cm width. NOTES: A thorough advertisement for a dry cleaning and dyeing service to San Francisco elites who could afford to wear starched collars and silk. An interesting feature is the helpful publication of San Francisco Alarm box locations inside the front cover. Built in the 1860’s, San Francisco’s alarm box system is a network of hand crank powered telegraph lines to each of the of the city’s neighborhoods (many of which are obscured from line of sight observation by the city’s hills from the central fire station). The system worked effectively at controlling fires until, of course, the major conflagration of 1906 which overwhelmed all of the city’s systems. Also notable would be the telephone availablity advertised in the pamphlet. Eleven years later, you could calle the cleaners with it! Listing and template services provided by inkFrog. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “poetryinpower” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Author: Fernard and Gustave Thomas
• Binding: Brochure/Pamphlet
• Language: English
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Place of Publication: San Francisco, California
• Year Printed: 1889

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INTEREST TO LADIES & GENTLEMAN 1889 San Francisco Advert ALARM BOX LOCATIONS. TITLE: Items of Interest to Ladies and Gentlemen. Thomas’s French Dyeing and Cleaning Works 318 & 320 Eleventh St. AUTHOR: Fernard and Gustave Thomas. PUBLISHER: San Francisco: F. Thomas’ French Dyeing and Cleaning Works No printer stated. DATE: [1889] Inscription in ink, front cover, of unknown origin. 14 cm x 10 cm. CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD. With the exception of a later pen inscription on front cover, in FINE condition. Very light crease on some pages, and delicate cover due to age. Salmon wraps printed front and back. Stitches 1.5 cm width. NOTES: A thorough advertisement for a dry cleaning and dyeing service to San Francisco elites who could afford to wear starched collars and silk. An interesting feature is the helpful publication of San Francisco Alarm box locations inside the front cover. Built in the 1860’s, San Francisco’s alarm box system is a network of hand crank powered telegraph lines to each of the of the city’s neighborhoods (many of which are obscured from line of sight observation by the city’s hills from the central fire station). The system worked effectively at controlling fires until, of course, the major conflagration of 1906 which overwhelmed all of the city’s systems. Also notable would be the telephone availablity advertised in the pamphlet. Eleven years later, you could calle the cleaners with it! Listing and template services provided by inkFrog. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “poetryinpower” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Author: Fernard and Gustave Thomas
• Binding: Brochure/Pamphlet
• Language: English
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Place of Publication: San Francisco, California
• Year Printed: 1889

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Up for sale is a glorious vintage gentleman’s beaver or plush silk top hat made in the late 19th to early 20th century. This elegant dress hat is lined with tan leather, has a brim reinforced with corded black cotton, an air hole in the center of the top, and the maker’s logo in the center of the inside. The hat comes in a Miller Hats box with a handy carrying handle; the more recent box is not original to the hat. Here is a rare, wonderful and entirely usable piece of antique men’s formal fashion wear, ready for display in a vintage clothing store, or ready for a very special formal or costume event. Size: large, 7 13/16″ front to back, 6″ left side to right side (inside measurements); 22 approx. Condition: outside is very good; inside leather band is torn in places (please see photos). A top hat, beaver hat, high hat, silk hat, cylinder hat, chimney pot hat or stove pipe hat, sometimes also known by the nickname “topper”, is a tall, flat-crowned, broad-brimmed hat, worn by men from the latter part of the 18th to the middle of the 20th century. The item “BEAVER TOP HAT Gentleman Attire Berger’s San Francisco California Leather 1920’s” is in sale since Friday, September 10, 2021. This item is in the category “Clothing, Shoes & Accessories\Men\Men’s Accessories\Hats”. The seller is “onceupntym” and is located in San Francisco, California. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Size: M
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Department: Men
• Style: Top Hat
• Material: Beaver
• Color: Black
• Vintage: Yes
• Occasion: Formal
• Brand: California

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