{"id":577,"date":"2011-08-26T11:56:14","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T18:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=577"},"modified":"2023-06-17T11:34:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T18:34:10","slug":"early-san-diego-business-directories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=577","title":{"rendered":"Early San Diego Business Directories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in December 2010, we talked about digitization of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/search.php?query=collection%3A%22sandiegopubliclibrary%22\">San Diego <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandiegocityco2200unkn_0208.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1303\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=1303\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandiegocityco2200unkn_0208.jpg?fit=289%2C435\" data-orig-size=\"289,435\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sandiegocityco2200unkn_0208\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandiegocityco2200unkn_0208.jpg?fit=289%2C435\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1303\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandiegocityco2200unkn_0208.jpg?resize=199%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandiegocityco2200unkn_0208.jpg?resize=199%2C300 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sandiegocityco2200unkn_0208.jpg?w=289 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/search.php?query=collection%3A%22sandiegopubliclibrary%22\">Directories<\/a> from the San Diego Public Library. One glitch in the link above is that most of the directories are not dated on the website. I&#8217;ve listed these directories below. Just find the year you need and click on the corresponding title. I hope that will make it a bit easier.<\/p>\n<p>1887- 88 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/maxwellsdirect8700geow\"><strong>Maxwell&#8217;s Directory of San Diego City and County for 1887-88<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1889-90\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/monteithsdi8900john\"><strong>Monteith&#8217;s Directory of San Diego and Vicinity for 1889-90<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1892\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/directoryofsandi9200shol\"><strong>Directory of San Diego City, Coronado and National City<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1893-94 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/directoryofsandi9300john\"><strong>Directory of San Diego City and County for 1893-94<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1895 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco9500olms\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory 1895<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1897 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco9700unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1899-1900 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco9900unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory 1899-1900<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1901 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco0100unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1903 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco0300unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1904 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco0400unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1905 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco0500unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1906 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco0600unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1907 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco0700unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1908 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco0800unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1909 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco0900unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1910 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco1000unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1911 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco1100unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1912\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco1200unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1913 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco1300unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1914 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco1400unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1915 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocitycoun00unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1916 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco1600unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1917 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco1700unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1918 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco1800unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1919 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco1900unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1920 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco2000unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1921 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco2100unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1922 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco2200unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1923 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco2300unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1924 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco2400unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1925 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/sandiegocityco2500unkn\"><strong>San Diego City and County Directory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; 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