Hand book of the Builders' Exchange of San Francisco, Cal., 1895-6
A trade directory and reference handbook issued by the Builders' Exchange of San Francisco in 1895-6, printed by L.H. Cosper & Co. for member contractors, architects and suppliers, with building laws and mechanics' lien rules. The plates are halftone portrait photographs of businessmen in dark coats and high collars, coarse-screened and grainy against pale grounds, useful for period likenesses, mustache and beard types, and dot-textured grays.
