Posted by Stannous Flouride on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 16:51:48 :

In Reply to: Re: Toklas Hahn & Brown posted by Ron Filion on Monday, June 19, 2006 at 17:58:12 :

: I went through all the available City Directories from 1850. Max Toklas first appears in the October 1864 Langley edition:

: "Toklas, M & Co. (Solomon Sheyer and L. Lithauer) importers and jobbers clothing and furnishing goods, 308 California, dwl Eureka Hotel)"

: In December 1865 (Langley), the name was changed to "Toklas, Wise & Co."

: I didn't have access to an 1870 edition available, but in the April 1871 edition, it was changed to:

: Toklas, Hahn & Brown [Max Toklas, Seligman Hahn & Morris Brown] importers, manufacturers and wholesale clothing, 24 San[some]

: SO, Toklas Hahn & Brown was formed in either 1870 or 1871 at the earliest.

: Ron
I just found a photo record (sorry, no image) of Alice B Toklas (Gertrude Stein's companion) with her Uncle Max over at Online Archive of California:
http://content-backend-a.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt1q2nc9vr&chunk.id=c02-1.2.8.4.39

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Message:	: : I went through all the available City Directories from 1850. Max Toklas first appears in the October 1864 Langley edition: : : "Toklas, M & Co. (Solomon Sheyer and L. Lithauer) importers and jobbers clothing and furnishing goods, 308 California, dwl Eureka Hotel)" : : In December 1865 (Langley), the name was changed to "Toklas, Wise & Co." : : I didn't have access to an 1870 edition available, but in the April 1871 edition, it was changed to: : : Toklas, Hahn & Brown [Max Toklas, Seligman Hahn & Morris Brown] importers, manufacturers and wholesale clothing, 24 San[some] : : SO, Toklas Hahn & Brown was formed in either 1870 or 1871 at the earliest. : : Ron : I just found a photo record (sorry, no image) of Alice B Toklas (Gertrude Stein's companion) with her Uncle Max over at Online Archive of California: : http://content-backend-a.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt1q2nc9vr&chunk.id=c02-1.2.8.4.39