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RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 918
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, December 02, 2005 - 06:14 pm: | 
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RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 1435
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 04:30 pm: |
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Hicks
Photo inside shop of above photo !
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Patrick Matthews
Member
Username: patrick_matthews
Post Number: 4
Registered: 03-2017
| | Posted on Saturday, April 15, 2017 - 07:55 pm: |
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I don't believe that the first image has anything to do with Hicks engines... that Hicks was James L. Hicks... with no presence in LA afaik... |
RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 3986
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, April 16, 2017 - 11:26 am: |
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Frank A. Hicks was son of James L. Hicks.
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Robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 862
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 17, 2017 - 07:26 pm: |
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Interesting, but the double doors and much wider frontage in the second photo suggest either a different location or a major renovation. The double doors would make more sense for moving large objects through. |
Robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 864
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 - 08:28 pm: |
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Unless of course that second photo looks toward the back of the shop, rather than the front?! |
Patrick Matthews
Member
Username: patrick_matthews
Post Number: 5
Registered: 03-2017
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 04:36 pm: |
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The SF library has old business directories on line going way back (predecessor to the Yellow Pages)... I found James L Hicks in SF as early as 1862:
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?1031989-Saw-a-Monterey-Clipper-to day%21/page31#post37371732
Frank appears in later listings, as a machinist/foreman/superintendent at James L Hicks... so "son" makes sense. And putting "Since 1860" on the storefront shows continuity from dad to son. |
