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

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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 - 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
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WWI draft card  (detail)
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