April 17th, 2014
Today we walked to the James V. Brown Library to look at the city directories. Earlier while on a geocaching adventure we picked adresses on Mulberry Street, and I chose 816 Mulberry St.
1906, also the same year as the San Francisco earthquake, the city directory has ads for businesses on each pages just like they do today. Henry Landsman lived in this home and was a manager at Larus- Altheimer Co. a Joseph Gray also lived there and he was a breakman.
1912, also the year that the titanic sunk, a Melvin R. Clark lived at 816 Mulberry and he was a Stenographer.
I continued on every 6 years, and so in 1918 a Harold A. Brown lived there and he was the assistant treasurer of the Northern Central Trust Co.
1924, this time the city directory included more ads than previous years. William L. Schaefer and wife Margaret G. lived there and he was a salesman at 233 West.
1930, the beginning of the depression, and the directory now has pink pages which are also thicker. Samuel L. Boone and wife Sarah lived there and he was a packer. The names are also now organized by last name instead of first when looking up by the address.
1936, in the middle of the depression, there are even ads on the outside front, back and sides of the directory. Peter C. Coleman and wife Mary P. lived here and it was also a home business as Peter ran a detective agency from his home.
I picked a directory every six years and each time there was a new resident. Maybe in the city people don't stay around as long. I have lived in my house for 12 years and my parents still continue to live there. Maybe back then people moved more often? The directories also changed slightly each time, mostly in the amount of ads.
Today we walked to the James V. Brown Library to look at the city directories. Earlier while on a geocaching adventure we picked adresses on Mulberry Street, and I chose 816 Mulberry St.
1906, also the same year as the San Francisco earthquake, the city directory has ads for businesses on each pages just like they do today. Henry Landsman lived in this home and was a manager at Larus- Altheimer Co. a Joseph Gray also lived there and he was a breakman.
1912, also the year that the titanic sunk, a Melvin R. Clark lived at 816 Mulberry and he was a Stenographer.
I continued on every 6 years, and so in 1918 a Harold A. Brown lived there and he was the assistant treasurer of the Northern Central Trust Co.
1924, this time the city directory included more ads than previous years. William L. Schaefer and wife Margaret G. lived there and he was a salesman at 233 West.
1930, the beginning of the depression, and the directory now has pink pages which are also thicker. Samuel L. Boone and wife Sarah lived there and he was a packer. The names are also now organized by last name instead of first when looking up by the address.
1936, in the middle of the depression, there are even ads on the outside front, back and sides of the directory. Peter C. Coleman and wife Mary P. lived here and it was also a home business as Peter ran a detective agency from his home.
I picked a directory every six years and each time there was a new resident. Maybe in the city people don't stay around as long. I have lived in my house for 12 years and my parents still continue to live there. Maybe back then people moved more often? The directories also changed slightly each time, mostly in the amount of ads.
