Gene, have the CCW monogram chips in the bottom picture been identified?
A biography of Charles H. Crocker, son of H S. Crocker (founder of company) is at the bottom of this link:
http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/bio4.htm
Note that it mentions that H. S. Crocker Co. purchased a business named Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch in 1912. Perhaps the "CCW " monogram?
"...In 1890 the business was incorporated under the name of H. S. Crocker Company. In 1912 the stationery and publishing concern of Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch of San Francesco and Los Angeles was purchased..."
The clubs mentioned in the last paragraph sound pretty well-connected in San Francisco of the time, particularly the Bohemian Club. So the other orders may be for businesses or personal orders of that era?
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