(Business map San Francisco) / Post Publishing Company (San Francisco, Calif.) / 1886

(Business map San Francisco) Post Publishing Company (San Francisco, Calif.), 1886

(Business map San Francisco) / Post Publishing Company (San Francisco, Calif.) / 1886

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Full Title: (Business map of San Francisco). Issued by Post Publishing Company, publishers of the Daily and Weekly Post, San Francisco, Cal. (1886?)

Author: Post Publishing Company (San Francisco, Calif.)

Date: 1886

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Author: Post Publishing Company (San Francisco, Calif.)

Date: 1886

Short Title: (Business map San Francisco)

Publisher: San Francisco: Post Publishing Company

Type: Separate Map

Object Height cm: 96

Object Width cm: 125

Scale 1: 1,250

Note: Shows Blocks between Market, Jackson and Dupont. Lists every business on every block; includes street addresses, and has ads in a triangle below Market Street. This was probably an insert in the San Francisco Post newspaper. Printed without color. "Remarkable increase in circulation. 5,000 net gain since November 26, 1885." Oriented with north to right.

Reference: Bancroft Library G4364.S5Q1 1880 .P6.

State / Province: California

City: San Francisco (Calif.)

Subject: Advertising

Full Title: (Business map of San Francisco). Issued by Post Publishing Company, publishers of the Daily and Weekly Post, San Francisco, Cal. (1886?)

List No: 3150.000

Series No: 1

Published In: (Business map of San Francisco). Issued by Post Publishing Company, publishers of the Daily and Weekly Post, San Francisco, Cal. (1886?)

Publication Author: Post Publishing Company (San Francisco, Calif.)

Publication Date: 1886

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 3150.000

Publication Type: Separate Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 96

Publication Width cm: 125

Image No: 3150000

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