Cliff House Project
A Program of Western Neighborhoods Project

 

Richard P. "Shorty" Roberts
Manager:  Dec 8 1920 - Oct 1925

 


San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 18, 1920

 

Cliff House To Reopen

SF Chronicle - Dec 4 1920

 


The San Francisco Examiner - 4 Dec 1920

 


San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 9 1920

 


"Richard P. Roberts, Manager"
Mar 2 1921
 


"S.S. Golden State arrives"
Mar 7 1921
 


"Richard P. Roberts, Manager"
Mar 30 1921
 


 Richard Roberts hires Arthur Rodolfi as manager
The Hotel World The Hotel and Travelers Journal, Volume 93, July 2 1921

 


San Francisco Chronicle, ad - 12 June 1922
(for Shriners visit 1922)

 


San Francisco Chronicle - Jun 30 1922

 


San Francisco Chronicle - Jul 30 1922

 


"RICHARD P. ROBERTS, Manager"
San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 19, 1922

 


"Richard Roberts, boss of the Cliff House"
San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 18, 1922
 


San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 2 1923

 



The San Francisco Examiner - 19 Jan 1924
WAMPA stands for "Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers"

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foldout, Feb 1924
(reverse)

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The San Francisco Examiner - 26 Nov 1924

 


The San Francisco Examiner - 29 Jan 1924

 


San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 3 1925

 

 

The below story suggests another party initially planned to take over the Cliff House,
but presumably the deal did not go though and Roberts took the position instead.
 


San Francisco Chronicle - Feb 24, 1920
 

 

 


passport photo
Ancestry.com

 


WWI draft card  (detail)
Ancestry.com

 


Richard "Shorty" Roberts
San Francisco Public Library (link)


Richard "Shorty" Roberts
San Francisco Public Library (link)