Showing posts with label Johnson Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Johnson Family. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Life along Layman and Lowell Avenues in the 1940s

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     Orville and Marjorie Peters raised their four children at 312 North Layman Avenue. Family scrapbooks reveal the busy childhoods of each...
Monday, July 22, 2024

Nelson and Mila Shimer Lived Along Emerson Avenue for Many Years

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      The Shimer family predates Irvington. Many of the descendants remained in the area for years. Nelson Shimer, who grew up on the family...
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Sunday, March 15, 2020

Early Photos of an Irvington Avenue Home

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Florence and Marcia Doan, who grew up at 47 North Irvington Avenue, frequently played in the lot north of their home. Their father, Wilson D...
Sunday, September 25, 2016

Who Lived Here? The Whitney Family of Lowell Avenue

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Karl G. and Ella "Gertrude" Potter Whitney moved into 5869 Lowell Avenue in 1920. They were not the first to dwell in the house as...
Saturday, April 30, 2016

Time for Play and Time for School in the 1920s

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Dick Palmer grew up at 333 North Audubon Road as the nation and the neighborhood "roared."  His parents, Walter and Mary Fee Palme...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Layman Avenue Home Then and Now

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This intriguing home located at 72 North Layman Avenue has graced the bricked street since the early 1900s.  The architectural style of the ...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Johnson Villa--Lost Irvington

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Many of the early homes in Irvington are no longer standing.  They stood close to commercial businesses, were cut into apartments, and in so...