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MAY 15, 1845: High-end watchmakers Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe joined forces to become Patek Philippe. San Francisco’s Shreve & Co. exclusively sold these expensive time pieces, and employees risked their lives saving them during the 1906 Earthquake.

MAY 15, 1845: High-end watchmakers Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe joined forces to become Patek Philippe. San Francisco’s Shreve & Co. exclusively sold these expensive time pieces, and employees risked their lives saving them during the 1906 Earthquake.

UPDATED May 15, 2022 Shreve & Co.[1] (known simply as Shreve’s) is the oldest commercial establishment in San Francisco, and the oldest jewelry store in California….

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MAY 13, 1908: President Theodore Roosevelt gave an address at San Francisco’s Mechanics’ Institute.

MAY 13, 1908: President Theodore Roosevelt gave an address at San Francisco’s Mechanics’ Institute.

Mechanics’ Institutes were first established in Scotland in the 1820s during the Industrial Revolution to provide technical educational resources for those who could not pursue…

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