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Baker & Hamilton

Another view of the 601 Townsend building. It is also called the Baker & Hamilton building. Not sure who they were. It's a very famous building. If you say to any San Franciscan "I work in the Baker & Hamilton building," they will know which building you are talking about. Must be because it says so right on top of the building.

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  • Garyblank (Private)blank
    5 years 8 months ago
    I recieved an old bill dated 1898 from BAKER & HAMILTON of Sacrament Ca. for $119.15 The heading reads Baker & Hamilton Hardware Agricultural Implements and Vehicles. Manufactory,Benicia, Ca. --109 to 115 J. st. Sac. Ca. & Junction Market, Pine and Davis St. ,S.F. Ca.
  • chrisblank (Private)blank
    5 years 11 months ago
    Baker and Hamilton were two guys that went up to Sacramento during the gold rush in 1849 and instead of panning for gold, they set up a tent and sold shovels and hardware to the miners. Needless to say, they made a lot of gold that way. They built the building in SF in 1905, a year before the great earthquake, and it survived pretty well. In the 1980's they moved down to Southern Cal and sold the building.
  • Johnblank (Private)blank
    7 years 7 months ago
    Yeah, I saw an old catalog from Baker & Hamilton. Looked like it was from the fifties. It was BIG!! They were like a ultra huge hardware store that had farm/agricultural equipment, machine tools, carpenter tools, plus a variety of other items.
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