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City Business Directory was first founded in Denver Colorado by Samuel Baxter in 1910. S.Baxter then headed west to California to start the City Business Directory Los Angeles in 1915. Both Directories proceeded the Yellow Pages as the first popular phonebook of that time. As his daughter Margaret became of school age he decided to reside solely in California, thus dropping the Denver printing. The location was downtown L.A on West 11th Street in three two-story houses in a row across from the Red Sheild. Today the buildings no longer remain and the location is now being used as a school playground. The five-inch thick hardbound books were sold for $5 each and weighed over 8 pounds apiece. Advertising was intermittent among the business listings. Other books printed by the City Business Directory Shop included weekly church programs around L.A.