1930 Original WATERLOO and BLACKHAWK COUNTY DIRECTORY all RESIDENTS & BUSINESSES

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1930 WATERLOO and BLACKHAWK, ILLINOIS, COUNTY DIRECTORY.
Published by the McCoy Directory Co., Rockford, Illinois, 1930. This is the Original, Vintage Directory.
Original hardcovers, cloth covered boards and spine, 6x9 inches, 661 pages.
Contains numerous advertisements of the day. These directories were published as advertising vehicles and advertisements are everywhere including on the covers and page edges.
This volume was part of the amazing SUTRO GENEALOGICAL LIBRARY of SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. There are Sutro and related library ink stamps, labels, shelving numbers, and marks, on the front endpapers and here and there. The Sutro Library was (and to a large part still is) a treasure trove of genealogical books collected by Adolph Sutro and donated to the City of San Francisco. The collection was pretty much neglected by the City until in 2012 the City gave the collection to the library of San Francisco State University. Before and after the move to SFSU quite a few volumes from the Sutro genealogical library were, sadly, deaccessioned so that the collection would fit it into its new space. In its new home the Sutro Library is still considered to have the best genealogical collection west of Salt Lake City, and is now much better cared for, it is just not as large as it was. Once these wonderful deaccessioned Sutro genealogy books find new homes they will likely not be seen again for some time.
FAIR CONDITION: The covers are worn through and frayed at the corners, edges and spine ends, the spine gilt has mostly faded away, and the boards are rubbed. Internally, there are Sutro and associated labels, marks and stamps as noted above, the rear inner hinge is split but holding, a previous owner left blue line marks next to a number of names throughout. Overall still a complete, solid, presentable copy.
AN ORIGINAL 1930 WATERLOO and BLACK HAWK COUNTY DIRECTORY. A treasure trove of Illinois genealogy.
About the SUTRO LIBRARY (from where this book was deaccessioned):
******The Sutro Library holds the original collection of Adolph Sutro (1830–1898), California businessman and San Francisco mayor. The library has a large collection of publications and items dating from the 13th to the 21st centuries. It also has one of the largest genealogy collections in the U.S.
Adolph Sutro's heirs donated his collection to the California State Library in 1913 with the requirement that the collection stay within the city of San Francisco. After operating in various locations in the city for almost 100 years, the Sutro Library moved to a permanent home at San Francisco State University in 2012.******
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