vintage San Francisco lot
1918 – 1960, 22 items. 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition GGIE: 2 RPPC + 2 Photos + 5
pc (Ojai
Cake, PABCO, PG&E, Levi Strauss, Towers) + Brazil folder (Manioc). Hotel postcards - Gartland / Argonaut 1918 /
Turpin. Marine Memorial Club. menu THE FABLE (+ 1950 Fable postcard). 1955 Gray Line 40 Restaurants. Nabisco 1960 Wonders of
the World, Golden Gate Bridge. Twin Peaks Road RPPC. Langendorf Bread Loaf ends
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· RPPC – (view from) The Loop on Twin Peaks Road circa 1940’s (based on auto).
Up for sale is........
a
22-item lot featuring vintage San Francisco, California ephemera.
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10-items from the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition
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7 postcards, 2 original snapshots, and a brochure <<
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3 Hotel
Postcards <<
Gartland Hotel (at Geary &
Larkin, un-used card); Argonaut Hotel (4th
& Market) postmarked 1918; Hotel Turpin (Powell at Market)
postmarked 1924.
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Marines'
Memorial Club - vintage Brochure and
un-used Envelope. 609 Sutter St.
San Francisco. The brochure appears to be circa 1958 (cars
on the street, and the phone number is Ordway 3-6672).The envelope has a zip
code, so it’s likely early 1960’s.
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The Fable - Sandwich & Fountain
Service Menu, circa 1950. Likely (though not specifically
identified as) the restaurant at the Drake-Wiltshire Hotel. Menu was printed by “G.H. McCallum
Co., 330 Jackson Street” (San Francisco).
Printed on light card stock (one side only). Examples of
menu items include: Tuna Sandwich – 60 cents and Assorted
Pies – 20 cents.
Fable linen postcard (mailed 1950)
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Gray Line brochure for FORTY FINEST RESTAURANTS, circa
1955.
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Nabisco, 1960 card (Wonders of the World series) -
Golden Gate Bridge. National Biscuit Company.
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2 vintage
Langendorf Bread 1950’s end labels Cracked Wheat 13 c/loaf; San Francisco (each label is about 3.5”
square).The stated price of 13 cents corresponds to the early 1950’s – (from
on-line sources):
Average Cost
Loaf of Bread
1930 9 cents , 1940 10 cents , 1950 12 cents , 1960 22 cents
CONDITION
The Twin Peaks Road RPPC is in very good
condition with light wear.
The
seven (7) GGIE postcards range from good condition (the PABCO card) to very good(+) condition (the other 6 cards).
The
two 84 year old GGIE snapshots are in very good condition, though they
are underexposed. Excellent resolution.
The GGIE Brazil
Exhibit - Manioc brochure is in Good overall condition.
Hotel postcards
- Gartland Hotel postcard, Excellent condition with very light wear. Argonaut
Hotel postcard, Fair condition with a heavy crease in the lower left corner.
Hotel Turpin postcard, Very Good condition, with a ‘tipped’ upper right corner.
Marines' Memorial Club - both
vintage items are in Very Good condition.
Fable Restaurant menu - Very Good overall condition with a faint horizontal crease, where it was likely folded. Fable postcard - Good, some corner wear.
Gray Line (40) Restaurants brochure – Fair to Good condition with moderate wear (several of the folds have partial
separation – tape reinforced).
1960
Nabisco Golden Gate
Bridge card - Very Good condition with slight corner wear.
Langendorf
Bread-end Labels - The two labels have some soiling.
The waxed paper has scattered wrinkles.