National Biscuit Company, Los Angeles Correspondence, 1924-1926

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

National Biscuit Company, Los Angeles Correspondence, 1924-1926

Entry/Object ID

2007.33.585

Scope and Content

National Biscuit Company, Los Angeles, 1924-1926. Files of Eckel & Aldrich Architects. Request for plans for National Biscuit Company Manufacturing Plant in Los Angeles, 1924. Includes George R. Eckel's leather business card carrier containing his cards as well as card for contractors in the Los Angeles area. the case is embossed in gold "Go.R. Eckel" on the front. The case has a notepad upon which Eckel has made notes about both people, companies and materials. Also St. Joseph NewsPress article dated February 27, 1926 " st. Joseph's Contribution to the Population of Los Angeles" about people from St. Joseph (about 1000) who now live in Los Angeles. The news article describes George Eckel's sojourn in Los Angeles with his wife while superintending the building of the Nabisco bakery plant. It lists bakers who have relocated from St. Joseph to work at the plant: E. Kelly, Albert Coleman, Charles Lee, Fred Voss, and Barney Young. T.W. Topper was an auditor there. Some of the many noted are: Mrs. Artie Mason Carter (Dr. J.J.) , founder and president of Hollywood Bowl. Waldo Twitchell, production manager for movie films starring Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and movie titles such as Ben Hur, also wrote operas. Wilfred K. & Archer Barnard, consulting engineers developing the 50 year plan for Los Angeles Harbor and developing a plan to bring water supply to Montecito, a suburb of Santa Barbara. Charles H. Kelly, now chief of Pasedena, CA police, formerly chief of detectives in St. Joseph. Carl Gist, a St. Joseph photographer, now painting portraits in Pasadena. Frank L. Newman, who built the Royal Theater in St. Joseph, is the manager of the Los Angeles movie houses, Metropolitan, Rialto, Million Dollar movie. Charles Haskell, former St. Joseph chief of police, is financial editor of the Los Angeles Examiner and is a California lawyer. Carl F. Horn, who had a dance academy in Turner Hall, has two dance academies in Los Angeles. Frank Stever, Jr, & Jack Kurtz sing on the radio at Warner Brothers studio, with Miss Billie Dunne, formerly of St. Joseph, playing the piano for the broadcasts. Louis Robidoux, brother of Joseph Robidoux, is mentioned as founder of Riverside, California A 1924 City Map of Los Angeles. Examples of Eckel's work are included in a file folder: Ordinance for Eckel to design the St. Joseph City Hall Building in 1924 Specificaion letter to Eckel for the Corby-Forsee Building Photographic postcard of Zion Evangelical Church at 9th & Faraon Catholic Tribune article with photograph of St. Joseph City Hall and list of Catholic Churches and other buildings designed by Eckel. Other clippings are included from Los Angeles papers--on building the Nabisco plant, or about other California or Southwest building projects that might be of interest to the Eckel firm.

Collection

Eckel-Brunner

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Architecture

Search Terms

Los Angeles, California, National Biscuit Company, St. Joseph City Hall, Eckel & Aldrich Architects, Business, Large, Businesses: Large

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Envelope, Correspondence

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jun 19, 2009

Relationships

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Eckel, George R.

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Artie Mason Carter

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E. Kelly

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Albert Coleman

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Charles Lee

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Voss, Fred

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Young, Barney

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T. W. Topper

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Waldo Twitchell

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Wilfred K. Barnard

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Archer Barnard

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Charles H. Kelly

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Carl Gist

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Frank L. Newman

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Haskell, Charles

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Carl F. Horn

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Frank Stever, Jr.

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Jack Kurtz

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Billie Dunne

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Robidoux, Louis