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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.

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….

MAY 11, 1908: Alma de Bretteville married business mogul Adolph Spreckels in San Francisco and coined the term “sugar daddy”.

UPDATED May 11, 2022 Alma Charlotte Corday le Normand de Bretteville was born on March 24, 1881 on a farm in San Francisco’s Sunset District[1]….