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627 Webster - what is now Oz Park
Posted by:
cookie1952
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Date: August 04, 2014 06:09PM
This residence was owned by my 2nd Great Grandfather (Jose B. Garcia of the Perfecto Y Garcia business) in the 1920's and 30's. It remained in the family and my parents lived there in the early 1950's. The building is gone now, it seems to have been eaten up by Oz Park. I am searching high and low for an old picture (or any info)of this building. Any suggestions to expedite my search?
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Re: 627 Webster - what is now Oz Park
Posted by:
rjmachon
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Date: August 07, 2014 09:23PM
In the 1929 Polk Directory, these names were listed under 627 Webster,
Ericnborn Geo (Stella)
Garcia J B (Lucy)
Porter J E (Johanna)
It looks like those homes were taken down around 1973 from looking at the aerial view.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/07/2014 09:33PM by rjmachon.
Ericnborn Geo (Stella)
Garcia J B (Lucy)
Porter J E (Johanna)
It looks like those homes were taken down around 1973 from looking at the aerial view.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/07/2014 09:33PM by rjmachon.
Re: 627 Webster - what is now Oz Park
Posted by:
cookie1952
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Date: August 08, 2014 12:20PM
Thanks RJ. I will look up the Polk Directory. I'd love to locate photos of that area from back in the day. Any ideas?
Re: 627 Webster - what is now Oz Park
Posted by:
zorchvalve
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Date: August 29, 2014 10:50PM
Was what you are looking for near Burling or Orchard?
Re: Block of ice
Posted by:
bob427
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Date: October 14, 2014 09:05PM
i remember in the 60s before our picknik my dad would take us on Western ave in a old factory areal. He would pull up to a dock. Nobody was there but a coin machine that took 75 cents/ When my dad put the money in , then you herd a bang and out of the shoot cam a solid block of ice about 3x2...any one remember this?
Re: 627 Webster - what is now Oz Park
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: October 18, 2014 07:17PM
[b]I cannot get that directory anymore. I don't know how to get it back.[/b]
Re: 627 Webster - what is now Oz Park
Posted by:
PKDickman
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Date: October 18, 2014 08:33PM
Richard Stachowski Wrote:
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> I cannot get that directory anymore. I don't know
> how to get it back.
There is something wrong with their menu screens. The buttons don't click in Chrome but they work in my vintage Internet Explorer.
Try this instead.
[url=http://www.chsmedia.org/househistory/polk/Menus/]Back door to Polk Directories[/url]
Don't forget to bookmark it.
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> I cannot get that directory anymore. I don't know
> how to get it back.
There is something wrong with their menu screens. The buttons don't click in Chrome but they work in my vintage Internet Explorer.
Try this instead.
[url=http://www.chsmedia.org/househistory/polk/Menus/]Back door to Polk Directories[/url]
Don't forget to bookmark it.
