The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing March 1872: Embracing a General Directory of Residents and Business Directory; Also a Directory of Streets, Public Offices, etc., and a Map of the City: Together with the Consolidation Act and its Amendments; the Municipal Government; Societies and Organizations, and a Great Variety of Useful and Statistical Information, Exhibiting at a Glance the Progress and Present Condition of the City. 13th year of publication - Compiled by Henry G. Langley. San Francisco: Excelsior Steam Press: Towne & Bacon, Book and Job Printers. cxii (112 pages of advertisements), 916 pp plus another 59 pp of full-page advertisements in back. Pastedown advertisements included in the pagination. Original printed (advertisements) paper-covered boards with black straight-grained Morocco spine, lettered in gilt. Folding Map bound in at title page is missing, there are an many pages of local advertising with many of California's earliest banking houses, mining companies, assayers, express and steamship companies. Contains a wealth of information on residents, businesses, streets, organizations and societies, public institutions, and city government. This directory was issued at a critical time in western mining history because of the bonanzas found on the Comstock, the rush to White Pine County, Nevada and the general development of mining interests in California overall. The front of the directory has an alphabetical listing of residents, and the back has a typical business directory listed alphabetically by business type, which includes Assayers, lists of Mines and Mining Engineers. Paper covers stained and worn. (Very slight loss of text). Otherwise Very Good. The early issues of the Langley directories are important sources of information on San Francisco and have become quite scarce in any condition. QUEBEDEAUX p.128.
Date: 1872
Country (if not USA):
State: California
City: San Francisco
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