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Obadiah J. Barker, Jr. (October 31, 1856 – July 1908) was a Los Angeles businessman and the founder and president of the furniture company, Barker Brothers. Born in Bloomfield, Indiana, Barker moved with his family to Colorado Springs, Colorado as a young man.
Barker approached Müller and together they founded a furniture shop on 112–114 N. Spring Street near the Los Angeles Plaza, called Barker and Mueller. In 1880, Los Angeles was a town with a population of 11,183. Its population would increase tenfold in the next twenty years, and tenfold again, to over one million, in the 25 years after that. [1]
Apt2B is an LA-based online furniture and home decor brand that specializes in fun, functional and quality furniture for the home. In fact, the brand’s Harper Sleeper Sofa is one of the best ...
In the 17th century, the distillation of an ammonia solution from shavings of harts' (deer) horns and hooves led to the alternative name for smelling salts as spirit or salt of hartshorn. [1] They were widely used in Victorian Britain to revive fainting women, and in some areas, constables would carry a container of them for that purpose. [10]
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Jerome's Furniture Warehouse is a family-owned chain of discount furniture stores in Southern California, with its headquarters in San Diego, California. [1] The company's key owner and figurehead is Jerome "Jerry" Navarra.
When Eddie de Ferrari and his brother-in-law, Ray Moore, saw a senior center in need of evacuation on Tuesday night, they didn't think twice. Everyday heroes step up to save the elderly from Los ...
Dearden's was a chain of department stores based in Los Angeles that operated for 108 years. It was founded in 1909 by Edgar Dearden, an immigrant from England. Dearden's sold furniture, appliances, cookware, other home goods, jewelry watches, and perfume.