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Family: Ayers
Members: Mrs. Ayers
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Address: 11201
Family: Magdaleno
Members: Eddy, Lamora, Raymond, Marla, Alex
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Family: Hisey
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Family: Fanning
Members: Mr and Mrs Fanning and grandkids Ruth Ann, Dolores,and Johnnie Mumford
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Family: Sayles
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Stories: #1 Click here for photo of Sayles house (leftmost house)
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Family: Robinson
Members: Mr. Robinson, Marie, Larry and their dachshund dog Blitzer
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Stories: #1 The Robinsons had the first TV set on the block. It was small, but we sat right nose-up to it, in a little cluster, blocking the front doorway. This is where we all met Hoppy and Lucky and California (was that Gabby Hayes, or an incredible simulation?) on Saturday mornings and afternoons. How about that episode where Lucky is tied up in the owlhoots' cabin with a band of wet rawhide tightening around his skull, screens alternating between desperate, struggling Lucky and galloping, outlaw-beset Hoppy. Will he make it in time to rescue unlucky Lucky from the migraine to end all migraines?!?!! Oh yeah, and Larry had a dachshund, named Blitzer. Author - M. Dumas
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Family: latourelle
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Family: Beach
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Stories: #1 Click her for the Mrs. Beach Saga - J. Dumas
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Family: Ellermyer, later Sharp
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Address: 11235
Family: Dumas
Members: John, Julia, Johnny, Yuli, David, Michael, Anthony, Juanita
Years Occupied: 1941 - 1960
Stories: #1 Click here for picture of house.
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Family: Eldridge
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Stories: #1 Our next door neighbors on the north were the Sharps, and on the south the Eldridges, an elderly couple who gave me and my little sister Juanita dates from a cooler cabinet one of the few times we went inside their house, and they had a parakeet, or maybe two, that flew around free in their living room. They had a dicondra lawn that felt great to roll around on, but we weren't supposed to. - Tony Dumas
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Family: Thompson, later Underwood
Members: Thompson Family: Neil, Beverly, Rainer, Phyllis, there dog Butch
Underwood Family: Frank
Years Occupied: Thompson: approx 1940 - 1946
Stories: #1 Rainer's little sister (me and Al's age) was Phyllis, and their big old kitten-eating German Shepherd was Butch, the Wunderdog. - M. Dumas
#2 The short vignette about Phyllis is that she was a tiny little blond girl in a frilly little dress and that Butch the german shepard was big. Its was just a picture of comedic contrast to see her fearlessly calling the kitten eating dog saying "here Butchee, Butchee" beckoning him with her little index finger, trying to get the dog back in their yard. J. Dumas
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Family: Jackson
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Family: Lundberg
Members: Mrs. Lundberg - Mother of Vera Nordin who lived in back house
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Family: Nordin
Members: Alvar, Vera, Linda
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Family: Leftault
Members: Danny
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Stories: #1 Click here for photo of the Leftault house.(leftmost house)
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Family: Shelton
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Family: Hammond
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Stories: #1 Click her for Ruth Hammond Mayle's Hammond House Story
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Family: Kerberg
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Family: Trudeau
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Stories: #1 The first occupants of this house that I can recall were the Billy Kids
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Family: Chenier
Members: Willy, Hazel, Wayne, Karen, Judy, Mike, Stevie, Josette, Randy, Marty
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Stories: #1 Click here for photo of Chenier house (leftmost house)
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Family: Brown
Members: Sharon
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Stories: #1 Click here for photo of Brown house (middle house)
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Family: Johnson, Becerra
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Years Occupied:Johnson until 61 or 62, then Becerra
Stories: #1 Click here for photo of Johnson house (rightmost house)
#2 - I remember the year was about 61' or 62' when the Becerras moved in the Johnsons house and where living there when we moved in 66'.Ralph was the oldest then followed Bertha,Maria( love at first sight ) Alice Yolanda,and Jainya. - Randy Chenier
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Stories: #1 Around '41 or '42 a young couple moved into the small apartment behind the garage on this property, They were Adolf and Irma. Irma was a young aunt of Beverly Thompson. We referred to Adolf as "Uncle" Adolf probably because he was an uncle to Beverly. I remember Adolf sharpened hand saws. Once I watched him doing this behind his apartment using a triangular file on the teeth of the saw. - J. Dumas
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Family: Asmussen
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Family: Jerry
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Stories: #1 Jerry was older than us(nineteen,twenty?)and, at least during his later tenure (1949?), had a swell-looking car parked at the sidewalk end of The Jerries'(for lack of a remembered surname) down-curving driveway. Theirs was one of the houses on the southeast quarter of the block whose front lawn met the sidewalk in a retaining wall. The Asmussens' was the lowest (maybe a foot and a half high?) and down near Imperial the Hoovers and Wishoosens had pretty high ones, so you rarely went up on their lawns. The Jerries also had a nice tree (a sycamore?) on their parkway, so their wall was a pleasant place to sit and adjust your skates on a summer afternoon. Jerry's mother is a shadowy figure in my memory, as if she showed her face on the front porch once or twice, possibly chewing Jerry out or defending him to a neighbor. I picture her not actually holding a cocktail glass in one hand and a cigarette holder in the other, but as someone who undoubtedly had those things inside the house. I remember Jerry as a wild-teenager type, but then I was probably five when he left the block. It seems to me he had an auto accident at some point, possibly missing the entrance to their driveway under the influence of demon beer?? (I may be making that up. I also have a dim but persistent memory of a gaily lighted musical streetcar passing in front of our house one night around 1945.) I'm sure someone a little older out there remembers more about Jerry. You know who you are. (by Mike D.)
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Family: Hoover possible grandchild Dee Dee
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Stories: #1 Mr. Hoover had a little mother-in-law house in back where his daughter may have lived on occasion. Dee Dee may have been Hoover's granddaughter. She was diabetic and couldn't eat cake. At her own birthday she had to eat prunes. - various contributors
Stories: #2 I have a single memory of DeeDee (other than that she ate fruit at her birthday party). One Sunday she invited me to play house with her (write your own story, but remember we were only about seven)in her playhouse in the Wishoosens' back yard. It was a big bore for me (I'm sure you made a lovely wife and mother, DeeDee, but I'm shallow and self-centered--you could've done better), and I would probably not remember it to this day, except for one thing: When I finally broke away, I returned home to find that the entire gang had gone off to see an Abbott and Costello double feature ("Ride 'em Cowboy" and "Keep 'em Flyin'", I kid you not, this is the sort of thing I remember. I told you about my being shallow.) While I was still recovering from the blow of this news, I made that terrible mistake you sometimes make as a kid where you wonder aloud what you'll do now, and my mother put me to work right away practicing penmanship! Talk about a right to sing the blues. (by Mike D.)
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Family: Wishhussen
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Address: Next to Wishhussen and Across from Leftault
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Stories: This may have been an older couple, oops, my age now, approximately. We were afraid of the man. He must have shooed us off the vacant half lot next door once or twice when we were on the way to the Southside theater. We occasionaly saw the man crossing Imperial highway, going to the Liquor store.- D. Dumas
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Business or Family: Ford Parts Obsolete
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Business or Family: Morgans Hardware
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Stories: This was the location of the hardware store until Morgan built a new building at Vermont and 108th street. I remember going here to buy some of the first tools I owned. I bought a crescent wrench here to work on my bike.
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Business or Family: Nelson's Gas Station
Members: Malcom Nelson
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Stories: #1 Click here to see photo of the gas station.
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Business or Family: Old Garner House
Members: Ray, Nella, Lamora, Theron, Russell
Years Occupied: Late 30s, early 40s
Stories: #1 Click here to see photo of the old Garner house.
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Business or Family: Vermont Public Market
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Stories: #1 Click here for a Vermont Public Market recollection.
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Business or Family: Garner
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Business or Family: Vreeland
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Business or Family: Doney
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Business or Family: Cooley
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Business or Family: Slagle
Members: Johnny, wife, daughter
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Business or Family: Remington
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Business or Family: H and H Lumber Yard
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Stories: Also known as Poor Man's Lumber Yard
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Business or Family: Montalbano
Members: Parents, Mike, Ginger
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Business or Family: The Little House Next to Newsome's Store
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Stories: Russell and Juli Garner lived here right after they were married. Hope Magdaleno may have lived here at one time also.
#2 Click here for the story about little housenext to Newsome's Store.
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Business or Family: Newsome Grocery Store
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Photos: #1 Click here photo of Newsome Store. taken August 2000
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Business or Family: Newsome
Members: Mr. and Mrs. Newsome and son Dick, Maybe daughter Etta at one time.
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Business or Family: Macias
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Business or Family: Gonsales
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Business or Family: Hill
Members: Lee, Maude, Stephanie
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Business or Family: Originally a house, then later A Church Building
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Story: #1 Built in late 40s or early 50s. House occupying this spot was moved to make room for church. House was placed on same piece of property further south on Budlong avenue.
Story: #2 Click here to read story about Mc Bride House
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Business or Family: Unknown
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Stories: On property of adjacent church, once occupied spot where church is, was moved to make room for church.
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Business or Family: Bauchman
Members: Mr. and Mrs. Bauchman, Rudy
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Business or Family: Norman?
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Stories: Spooky place because property was very overgrown and never taken care of. Had beautiful grounds at one time similar to Hills across the street.
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Business or Family: Garment Cleaning Business
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Business or Family: Southside Movie Theater
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Stories: #1 Built in early 50's, Dave Dumas broke his arm when he backed into the construction pit and fell in. I remember the doctor used a McCall's magazine as a splint for Dave's arm. Saw many great first-run movies there including the first movie in which Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin appeared as a comedy act, it was called "My Friend Irma" taken from the radio show of the same name. - J. Dumas
#2 , There was (as Yuli will remember), the "Knotburger" joint alongside the Southside. (Sold little burgers on knot-shaped buns for 15 cents apiece. Yuli sent me out there one Saturday to bag her a couple of them, so I know she was a fan). - M. Dumas
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Business or Family: Chungking Inn Chinese Restaurant
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Stories: This was the first chinese restaurant experience for me, my dad would once in awhile go there and order take out food and he would come home with those classic little cardboard buckets with wire handles full of noodles and chow mein. - J.Dumas
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Business or Family: Flores Cafe
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Photos: #1 Click here to see photo of Flores Cafe building taken August 2000.
Stories: #1 Click here to read stories about the Flores Cafe on Imperial.
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Business or Family: Flores
Members: Mr & Mrs Flores, Corky, Mal, younger girl
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Stories: #1 Click here to read stories about the Flores Home and Cafe.
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Business or Family: Har-Del's Drive-In Restaurant
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Stories: #1 , Was that coffee shop on the southwest corner of Imperial and Vermont called Hard-Del's, or was that the Lancaster burgery? The one on V&I was the nearest real restaurant to us, and I think we actually ate there, or at least took out, a few times. I recall seeing "Dance Ballerina Dance", by Nat King Cole, on the juke box there once while waiting for something, probably a takeout burger order. - M. Dumas
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Business or Family: Liquor Store
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Photos: #1 Click here photo of Carnival Liquor. taken August 2000
Stories: #1 Built in the early 50s, owner was caught selling liquor to minors and lost his license, later opened burger stand on same property next to alley. - J. Dumas
#2 That liquor store you said was closed down, is that the one that we used to dash across Imperial to for afterthought stuff like ginger ale for New Year's, etc? That's where Dave and I got that hilarious cymbal-clanging monkey for Tone when he was little (you wound him up and he clanged and hopped and flung himself off the edge of the table--the monkey, not Tone). I may have gone there more than the rest of you, because it carried a couple of candies for which I developed an adolescent weakness (not that it took a lot of developing, I being constructed almost entirely of candy in those days). - M. Dumas
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Address: Southside of Imperial Hwy between Berendo and New Hampshire
Business or Family: Hamburger Stand
Members: Mr. Grant
Years Occupied: circa 1950s
Photos: #1 Click here photo of Burger Stand. taken August 2000
Stories: Click here to read about the Burger Stand.
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Business or Family: Lara
Members:Rudy and Bob
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Stories: #1 Click here for story about Lara's Stone House - A. Magdaleno
#2 Used to yell toward this house from up Berendo and because it was made of stone, we could hear an echo of our yells. - A. Magdeleno
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Stories: Nice yard, very shady with big pine trees. Before I was allowed to cross Imperial highway by myself, I used sneak across and sit on this lawn and look back across Imperial like I had crossed the Pacific Ocean. - J. Dumas
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Business or Family: Trailer Park
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Stories: A bit run down, this trailer park was one time home to two of my aunts and their husbands at different times. Jim and Virginia Mitchell was one family and the other was Locha and Ray Rendon and my cousin Alex. - J. Dumas
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Business or Family: Dump or Landfill
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Stories: #1 Was used for anti-aircraft emplacements during World War II but in the late 40s became active as a landfill then was abandoned. Oil wells were installed in the 50s. - J. Dumas
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Business or Family: "F" Streetcar Line
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Stories: #1 Click here to read stories about the old "F" Car Line.
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