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Post by franklinmint on Jun 26, 2014 14:26:57 GMT -8
He-e-e-e-e-e-lp!
A friend posted pictures today (TBT) of iconic national chains that are no longer with us (Montgomery Wards,White Front,Thom McCann,Woolworth,SS Kresge,Robert Hall,etc),and naturally the conversation turned toward local chains (Walker Scott,Fedmart,etc) and/or merchants of San Diego.
Well,I got stuck trying to recall the name of a shoe store two or three storefronts away from Broadway on 5th downtown.It was directly across the street from the National Shirt Shops store.Their tagline was,shoes for men and boys.
Was it Hardy's??
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Thanks.
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Post by AztecBill on Jun 26, 2014 15:05:20 GMT -8
I found a 1903 San Diego Directory and found "Shoes for Men and Boys" listed under Lion Clothing Co.
Lion Clothing Co, 5th nw cor G.
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Post by franklinmint on Jun 26, 2014 15:16:30 GMT -8
I found a 1903 San Diego Directory and found "Shoes for Men and Boys" listed under Lion Clothing Co. Lion Clothing Co, 5th nw cor G. Thanks,Bill.I'm leaning toward Hardy's for some reason,and I'm guessing it started business in the 1940s; maybe'50s. Not sure,but I do recall a Lion something in that area,and they could have possibly owned the store.There was also a Hudson Shoe Store owned by none other than Archie Moore on 12th.  I'm waiting for a response from some friends I texted who I know shopped there.They had styles and sizes that the Florsheims of the era back then didn't have,and for a lot lower price...They were also American made,of course. |
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Post by AztecBill on Jun 26, 2014 15:27:22 GMT -8
That directory had the following advertisement for San Diego:
Many of the Greatest Fortunes in the World are now being made or added
to in the Great Southwest. Those same fortunes and many others
are being spent on a lavish scale, in building up this Magnif-
icent West. Southern California is getting the lion's
share of this Development. It is truly
"the land of opportunity."
No portion of which offers greater advantages than
SAN DIKGO.
SAN DIEGO NOW HAS
Twenty-five Thousan<i Inhabitants.
Fifteen Public Schools.
Hi^rh School.
State Normal School.
Good Private Schools.
Twenty-four Churches.
Three Daily Papers.
Five Banks.
Tourist family and commercial hotels.
Good rooming houses and restaurants.
Several fine sanitariums.
One of the largest and finest tourist
hotels in the world.
$52,0(>0 County Hospital (now build-
ing).
Finest Opera House in the West.
$80,000 Carnegie Public Library.
$60,000 City Hall.
Thirty-six miles of cement sidewalks.
Four miles paved streets.
Sixty-five miles graded streets.
Sixty-two miles motor roads.
One of the finest equipped Electric
street railway systems in the U. S., op-
erating on twelve miles of streets.
$500,000 Sewer system and perfect
drainage.
City "Water System. Supply abund-
ant and pure.
Finely equipped Fire Department.
Magnificent 1400 acre Park area, own-
ed by City. Now being developed.
Numberless points of Historical and
Natural interest.
Finest sea beaches in the world, in
city limits.
Most healthful and equable climate
in the World.
The only Harbor South of San Fran-
cisco.
The Bay of San Diego is a magnifi-
cent sheet of water completely land-
locked and having an area of 22 sq.
miles; large enough, and deep enough
to float the entire merchant marine of
the Pacific.
Being free from high winds and ful-
ly protected by Point LtOma, which
so safely guards the harbor en-
trance, it is an ideal place for fishing,
swimming, boating and yachting. Sev-
eral of the many rowing clubs are com-
posed entirely of young ladies, who have
built an attractive boat house for their
own use.
Along the water front there are a
number of excellent bath houses and
wharves where boats and sloops may
be hired at reasonable rates by the day
or hour.
$150,000 Spreckels Coaling Docks.
Largest on the Coast.
Recently improved marine railway re-
pair docks.
Perfect Government Quarantine Sta-
tion.
Fort Rosecrans, with other govern-
ment fortifications, recently equipped
with the heaviest, modern, disappear-
ing siege guns.
One Transcontinental Railway built,
another in contemplation.
Terminus of 5 local Railways.
Line of Steamers to San Francisco,
Seattle and Victoria.
Line of Steamers to Lower California
and Mexican ports.
600,000 acres of arable land around
her bay on the west slope, capable of
irrigation, with the improvement of ex-
isting water systems, and which will
produce anything.
Among Her Industries are:
Large Salt Mfg. Co. (Capital $200,000).
$40,000 Canning Factory.
Incorporated Fishing Companies.
Ice Factory.
Large Lemon Products and Extract
Factory.
Citrus and other Fruit Packing Cos.
Soap Factory.
Large Brewery.
Cigar Factories.
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Post by franklinmint on Jun 26, 2014 15:35:46 GMT -8
Great piece there,Bill. ..."Sixty-two miles" of paved roads,and the ONLY harbor south of San Francisco? LOL!
We actually were ahead of Los Angeles and Long Beach on the harbor front at one time.
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