The business directory of Cebu (1930s) - Part 4
CO. GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS
134 Martires
(Trading agency, beverages)
COMPANIA MARITIMA
Fernandez Building
(The building was built in 1910. It was one of the first buildings constructed in the city's port area, and was known by different names throughout its history: Fernando Building and Shamrock Hotel before the war, and currently, Compania Maritima. The company Fernandez Hermanos Inc. was founded by brothers Jose and Ramon Fernandez while Compania Maritima only holds office in the building)
DAIDO BOEKI KAISHA, LTD.
118-122 Magallanes
(The company is diversified, from trading agency, it is a bazaar, lighting materials, ornaments, varnishes, shellacs, Chinaware and earthenware, household and kitchen utensils)
DY BUNCIO & CO. INC.
79 F. Gonzales
(Foodstuffs and nourishments)
DY TE & COMPANY
63 F. Gonzales
(Exporter)
EDEN FOOD PALACE
Colon Street
EL LIDO RESTAURANT
82 Morga
THE ELITE
Corner Juan Luna and Colon
(Dr. Emilio Osmeña, born in 1906, was the son of Don Sergio Suico Osmeña and Estefania Rosales Chiong Veloso who got married on April 10, 1901. Emilio was a physician and had the rank of lieutenant colonel in the USAFFE before the war and was active in the guerilla movement of Cebu and was executed by the Japanese Imperial Army in 1942. He is then considered a war hero, being one of the first casualties among the Cebuano patriots who stood up against the Japanese. He married Maria Luisa Oriol Renner (Mary Renner), a German Mestiza whose family owned the "Elite Bakery", established in 1920s and was eventually managed by the new couple. The Maria Luisa Park established in 1965, a high-end residential estate named after her, was managed by the widow, started with a 10-hectare area and was expanded to 200 hectares.
ELIZALDE & CO. INC.
22 Martires
ENG HIAP HONG CO.
65-67 Plaridel
(They sold food products)
ERLANGER & GALINGER, INC.
Corner Magallanes & D. Jakosalem
(They sold furniture)
EUREKA WATCHES & JEWELRY
137-139 Magallanes
(To be continued)
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