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...accumulated $10,000,000 as merchant, banker, real estate tycoon. Son James never cared for business, was nevertheless one of San Francisco's first citizens. At the height of the 1906 Fire, intrepid James Phelan filled his snorting, blunt-snouted Mercedes with dynamite, gallantly chugged out to the Potrero district, blasted a path that halted the fire at Van Ness Avenue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Montalvo's Maecenas | 6/15/1936 | See Source »

...Angeles, one Robert Coy of Peoria, Ill., was hospitalized with swollen ankles after playing 459 holes in 39 hours over the 6,500-yd. golf course at Potrero (a record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Golfers | 2/4/1935 | See Source »

...Potrero Sugar Co. (Hacienda El Potrero produces 15,000 tons of sugar per annum): $255,592 as against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: 1929 Returns | 1/20/1930 | See Source »

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