Image: Gov James Rolph

Description: Identifier: municipalblueboo1915meye (find matches) Title: Municipal blue book of San Francisco, 1915 Year: 1915 (1910s) Authors: Meyer, George Homer, 1858-1926 Taylor, David Wooster Johnson, Arthur M Subjects: Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) Exhibitions Publisher: (San Francisco, Calif.) : California Press Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: realizedwhat problems confronted them, the difficulties of trans-portation, police regulations, water supply, accommodationsand the innumerable minor details attendant upon the hold-ing of a worlds exposition, it must be conceded that theirwork has been well performed. AAhile the preparation of the volume involved muchpainstaking labor, it was rendered pleasant by the generouswillingness of everyone concerned to lend all possibleassistance. Almost without exception the officials andattaches appearing herein have been personal friends ofthe editors for periods ranging from one to twenty years.The writing- of the biographies has been done, therefore,from a basis of personal knowledge, with no desire toflatter, but with a natural appreciation of officials, who.whatever their party dififerences and however they maydisagree at times with one another, stand united for SanFrancisco, her best interests and her unparalleled advance-ment. George Homer Meyer,D. WoosTER Taylor,Arthur M. Johxsox. Text Appearing After Image: rERKELSON & HENRY PHOTO MAVUR TA.^lIiS ROLPII, JR. ^Mayors Office James Rolph, Jr. Mayor of San Francisco JA^IES ROLPH, JR., Exposition Mayor. who willalways be identified with the period of the citys oreatestdevelopment, was born in San Francisco August 23. 1869.He is the son of James Rolph a pioneer resident of thecity. Three years after the birth of the future Mayor in)\Iinna street, between Eighth and Ninth, his parents re-moved to 3416 Twenty-first street, in the Mission warmbelt, where the younger James Rolph spent his boyhood,attending- in succession the pioneer Horace Mann Schoolat \alencia and Twenty-second, the Agassiz and HaightPrimary Schools and the Trinity School in Mission street,near ElcAcnth, graduating from the latter May 24, 1888. While acquiring his education he devoted spare time toselling newspapers and working in various commercialestaljlishments. On the day of his graduation he enteredthe employ of De AAitt, Kittle & Co., commission mer-chants, remainin Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Gov James Rolph
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Author: Meyer, George Homer, 1858-1926; Taylor, David Wooster; Johnson, Arthur M
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