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Description
2008-1664 PHOTO: ADVERTISMENTS: L. LEVY CO. Shows truck with driver parked in front of building. Signs on truck - "Trunks made to order & general repairing. 948 Van Ness Nr. Ellis, 1128 Fillmore nr. Golden Gate Ave., L.Levy Co." "H.S. Hoyt" - stamped on back. Label on back reads "Exclusive property of Varney & Green California's outdoor advertisters". Possibly commissioned by Varney & Green to document their signs. Company was owned by Jacob Charles Green and Thomas H.B. Varney between 1904 and 1908. Firm did outdoor advertising, bill posting, painted signs, street cars, railroad bulletins. Operated in San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Los Angeles and various small towns in California.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print ; 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001389972CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVW-3289
Subject
Trucks--California--San Francisco Luggage San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints
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