Folder: Portraits-Verdier, Paul.
Newscopy: "The City of Paris today announced it had purchased the building at Stockton and O'Farrell-sts in which the firm has been housed for more than 40 years. The purchase "confirms the wisdom and confidence shown by the Verdier family in selecting San Francisco as a city in which to invest," said Paul Verdier (center), president of the firm, toasting completion of the deal with Joseph Bearwald (left), director of the firm, and Clayton B. Turner of Equitable Life Assurance Co. (Story on Page 1.)".