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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Frank Lemberger standing in front of his hardware store near the corner of Downey Avenue and Truman Street. Frank Lemberger stands in the near distance at center in front of the open doorway to his hardware store. He crosses his arms in front of him as he looks to the camera. The storefront is constructed almost entirely of windows. Wares and goods sit outside the store, lining the sidewalk, as well as on display behind the windows. Above the door's lintel, a sign for the store hangs, it reads, "J. F. LEMBERGER." At far left, George W. Grimes stands in the doorway of his neighboring stationary store and leans against a wall between the two businesses. Text from negative sleeve: 1666. Old Los Angeles, California. Downey Avenue, East Los Angeles, Calif. Hardware store of J.F.Lemberger near corner of Downey Avenue and Truman Street, East Los Angeles, California. Uncle Frank Lemberger in the doorway. A maned named Grimes ran a stationery store paper and book stand next to the hardware store, , and Grimes can be seen standing in his doorway. This was taken about 1884/1885. I have the original in some one of my many books. Uncle Frank sold this store to Charles Teel about 1890. He was an operator and got the Postal to put in a branch in the store. 1 film.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1666_001 ark:/21198/zz002hts9t
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Merchants--California--Los Angeles Hardware stores--California--Los Angeles Grimes, George William, 1859-1938 Lemberger, Jacob Frank, 1850-1939
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