PCAD - Keith, William H., and Company, Chemists and Apothecaries, Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Printed view of the William H. Keith and Company Drug Store, San Francisco, 1861; from the San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1861, p. ii

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521 Montgomery Street
Financial District, San Francisco, CA 94111

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An advertisement in the San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1861, indicated that the address of the Keith and Company store had recently been renumbered from 137 Montgomery to 521 Montgomery.

Overview

The William H. Keith and Company occupied this four-story building, operating its apothecary business here c. 1861.

Building Notes

As its 1861 advertisement in the San Francisco City Directory, 1861, (p. ii) stated, W.H. Keith and Company sold chemicals, trusses, surgical and dental instruments, toiletries, brushes, soaps and perfumes. They were the San Francisco vendors of Burnett's Cod Liver Oil, Lubin's Extracts, Farina Cologne, Oriental Tooth Wash, Kalliston Cocoaine and Flavoring Extracts, Jones, White and McCurdy's Gold Foil and Teeth, Abbey's Gold Foil, and Marsh's Radical Cure, among other products.

Nearby at 517 Montgomery Street, Robert Sherwood had his watch and jewelry shop.

PCAD id: 20847

Keith, William H., and Company, Chemists and Apothecaries, Financial District, San Francisco, CA demolished