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Originally Posted by Chuckaluck
Date derived from source. Boyle-Dayton is listed in '29 city directory, so maybe there was some lag time during transition?  |
City directories were done by house-to-house (and business-to-business) polling, much like the census. Much of it for 1929 could have been done during the previous year.
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Originally Posted by Retired_in_Texas
The 1929 photo of the Boyle Dayton plant was more than likely taken before 1929 as in 1928 the company was purchased by the Wayne pump Company and production was subsequently moved to Wayne, Indiana.
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For however long, production appears to have continued in Los Angeles.
LAT/WSJ Oct 10, 1928