Dashiell Hammett
(1894-1961)

On approximately this spot Miles Archer, partner of Sam Spade, was done in by Bridgid O'Shaughnessy.

Burritt Street, junction with Bush Steet, San Francisco, CA, United States where they imagined

Home of Dashiell Hammett and Sam Spade. Dashiell Hammett (1896 -1961) lived in this building from 1926 until 1929 whe he wrote his first three novels Red Harvest (1929), The Dain Curse (1929), and The Maltese Falcon (1930). Sam Spade's apartment in The Maltese Falcon is modeled on Hammett's, which was on the northwest corner of the fourth floor.

891 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States where they lived (1926-1929)