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  • Collection: Davis' Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest - Fresno Area Biographical Sketches

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A biographical sketch of Harry W. Lewis. Mr. Lewis was the manager of the Lewis Electric Company. It was located at 1917 Fresno Street, Fresno, California. He married Miss Ida E. Miller in 1890.

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A biographical sketch and photo of Hans Graff. Mr. Graff was the president and manager of the H. Graff and Company, in Fresno, California. He had two establishments, one on K and Kern Streets, and another on J and Tulare Streets. He lived on 410…

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A biographical sketch and photo of Hans Jacobsen. Mr. Jacobsen conducted the Fresno Carriage and Automobile Painting Company. The business address was 808 I Street, Fresno, California. He lived at 612 K Street, also in Fresno. He married Alva Stinson…

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A biographical sketch and photo of Erich "Harry" Berndt, a real estate investor who owned the Berndt Tract adjoining Sanger Park. He married Rose Greenwald of Chicago in 1905.

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A biographical sketch and photo of Harry Kurkjian. Mr. Kurkjian was a property owner and business man in Fresno, California. He was married to Stella Josephian. They lived at 559 O Street, also in Fresno.

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A biographical sketch and photo of Harry Sargavak. Mr. Sargavak was an insurance agent in Fresno.
He was married to Rebecca Kurkjian in 1897.
He organized the first Armenian Band in the country around 1900.

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A biographical sketch of Harry W. Allen. Harry Allen was the president of The Fresno Realty Syndicate and owner of The Coliseum Billiard Parlors, located at 1035 J. Street, Fresno, California. Mr. Allen was also the president of the…

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A biographical sketch of Harry Willis Ball of Clovis, California. Harry Ball was the junior member of the firm of Ball Brothers, with his brother Isaac R. Ball. He directed the mill and warehouse interests, while his brother managed the ranching…

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A biographical sketch and photo of Harry W. Shields.
Mr. Shields, is a building contractor with Trewhitt-Shields Construction company of Fresno and Hanford.
He was married in 1906 to Mary E Ashton and have one son, Ashton.

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A biographical sketch of Henry Gede. Mr. Gede was a builder and construction architect. His office was at 451 Poplar Avenue, Fresno, California. He also owned a planing mill. It was located on Park Street, also in Fresno. In 1888, he married Clara…
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