File: /www/sf/sf_postcards/Scheff.txt Modified: 5/31/21 Created: 5/27/21 Subject: Scheff bio notes. --- City directories: 1904 Crocker Langley no Scheff in listings or Stationers 1905 Crocker Langley no Scheff 1906 Crocker Langley business [V1] https://archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa19061sanf/page/196/mode/2up Scheff I & Bro, post cards, 2317a Jackson [Jackson btw. Webster/Fillmore; pre-quake building still standing 2021] [V2] https://archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa21906sanf/page/392/mode/2up Scheff I & Bro, post cards, 2317a Jackson [V3] https://archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa31906sanf/page/192/mode/2up Scheff I & Bro, post cards, 2317a Jackson [V3] https://archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa31906sanf/page/466/mode/2up Postal Card Publishers Behrendt and Britton & Rey only 1907 Crocker Langley https://archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1907sanfrich/page/1414/mode/2up Scheff I & Bro, fancy and California views, season cards, mfrs of postcard display stands, 1103 Golden Gate Ave., tel Fell 1313 [Golden Gate @ Buchanan] Scheff Isidore (I. Scheff & Bro) r 3369 Sacramento [Sac btw. Walnut/Presidio] 1908 Crocker Langley https://archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1908sanfrich/page/1568/mode/2up Scheff David (I Scheff & Bro) r 3383 Sacramento Scheff I & Bro, stationers, 1103 Golden Gate Av Scheff Isidore (I Scheff & Bro) r 1511 Golden Gate Av 1909 Crocker Langley https://archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1909sanfrich/page/1390/mode/2up Scheff David (I Scheff & Bro) r 930 Hayes Scheff F Miss, stationery, 1132 Golden Gate Av Scheff I & Bro (I & D) stationers, 418 Hayes Scheff Isadore (I Scheff & Bro) r 418 Hayes [Hayes at Gough btw. Octavia/Gough] 1910 Crocker Langley no I or D Scheff Postal Card Publishers no Scheff; Stationers no Scheff 1911 Crocker Langley no I or D Scheff Postal Card Publishers no Scheff; Stationers no Scheff --- Census: [Both I. and D. Scheff must have been at least 17y in 1906, i.e., b. before 1889.] 1910 no Scheff in SF, didn't look too carefully for mistranscriptions Lots of David Schiff/Scheffs in NYC 1910 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRJH-D5Y?i=7&cc=1727033&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM5ZS-N5F [Isidor/Bessie Scheff, Rita Rifkin mother-in-law in Brooklyn, matching 1920 record details but dry goods dealer, hence prob. wrong I. Scheff.] 1920 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6R-VDV?i=28&cc=1488411&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMJTF-GZN United States Census, 1920 New York Kings Brooklyn Assembly District 16 ED 999 image 29 0f 32 lines 20-24 [Difficult to read, somewhat inaccurately transcribed. "Printer" suggests this might be the right Scheff, but no other evidence. In Brooklyn, possibly at 2931 West St (Brighton Beach; street name hard to read), six in household: German-born Isidor, Russian-born wife Bessie, no kids, brother-in-law (mistranscribed) and wife, and another couple (probably unrelated from imm. dates).] Isidor Schiff Male 45 1900 1875 Germany Married White Head Germany Germany A 15 [printer; imm. 1900, nat. 1912] R Bessie Schiff Female 45 1884 1875 Russia Married White Wife Russia Russia A 15 [imm. 1884, nat.] Julius Rifkin Male 52 1884 1868 Russia Married White Mother-in-law Russia Russia A 15 [occ. illegible; imm. 1884, nat. 1889] Jennie Rifkin Female 46 1890 1874 Russia Married White Sister-in-law Russia Russia A 15 [imm. 1890, nat.] Jaffee Male 51 1900 1869 Russia Married White Head Russia Russia A 15 [tailor; imm. 1900, nat. 1910] Jaffee Female 50 1900 1870 Russia Married White Wife Russia Russia A 15 [imm. 1900, nat.] 1920 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RJN-QX6?i=7&cc=1488411&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMJP5-1X3 United States Census, 1920 New York Kings Brooklyn Assembly District 2 ED 113 image 8 of 22 lines 72-74 [83 West End, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn; surely the right David Scheff; note imm. 1890 and parents born Russia/Russia, which would suggest Isidore above is unlikely to be his brother. David 36 implies b. ca. 1884, so he would have been ca. 22 in 1906.] David Scheff Male 36 1890 1884 Germany Married White Head Russia Russia B 4 [imm. 1890, naturalized; manufacturer postcards] Adelle Scheff Female 26 1894 New York Married White Wife Austria Austria B 4 Bernard Scheff Male 3 1917 New York Single White Son Germany New York B 4 1930 United States Census, 1930 New York Kings Brooklyn (Districts 0751-1000) ED 862 image 14 of 66 lines 68-70 [Engraver, so surely the right NY Isador Scheff, perhaps but not certainly also the SF I. Scheff; divorced; renter; note imm. 1905 but David imm. 1890 in 1920 entry above.] Isador Scheff Male 55 1875 Germany Divorced White Head Germany Germany B 7 [imm. 1905; naturalized; owns engraving shop; parents Germany/Germany] Jennie Moore Female 37 1893 Pennsylvania Divorced White Housekeeper England England B 7 [housekeeper] Ernest W Moore Male 6 1924 New Jersey Single White Son New Jersey Pennsylvania B 7 --- Newspapers: SF Call V102 #170 11/17/1907 I Scheff arrested cf. sf_call/19071117.png also 11/24/1907 SF Chronicle no obvious hits; too many for opera star Fritzi Scheff --- http://www.metropostcard.com/publisherss1.html I. Scheff & Brothers (1906-1912) San Francisco, CA A publisher of hand colored and tinted halftone view-cards that were printed in Germany. While the vast majority of these postcards depicted real views throughout the American West, some cards incorporated fantasy. Many of their postcards also depicted scenes from the San Francisco Earthquake. [and also (related?) on same page:] I. Scheff Engraving Co., Inc. (1930’s-) 480 Canal Street, New York A commercial printer of a wide variety of items including postcards. Their black & white and sepia cards were printed in the unusual technique of electric engraving on steel plates. They currently operate out of West Babylon, NY. ---