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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
"Photograph of Los Angeles plumbing supply company, the H.R. Boynton Co. flat bed delivery truck, with crew and freight, circa 1912."
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The truck was made by the American Locomotive Co. (ALCO) which manufactured motor cars and trucks from 1906-1913 in Providence, Rhode Island. The photograph was taken by Nathan Lazarnick, a pioneer in the development of automotive photography in the early 20th Century. Lazarnick worked almost exclusively for ALCO in the early years.
below: Here is a post from way back in 2010 showing the Boynton House. I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing this is the same family
that owned the plumbing supply company. |
From census and other records, it appears that at least some members of the Boynton Family did live at 836 S. Bonne Brae.
Here is a bio of Mr Boynton:
Horace Rollin Boynton was born in Illinois in 1856. He married Mary L. Holmes in Morgan, Illinois in 1879. They had six children, which included a son named Horace R. Boynton, Jr.
They appear in the 1900 Census in Los Angeles with all six children. At that time, Mr Boynton' occupation was "Hardware Merchant". They lived at 2088 W. Adams, Los Angeles. This house is no longer there.
By 1910, Mr Boynton's occupation is listed as a merchant in "pipe supply". The family was then living at 1925 S. Figueroa. This property is now a Mercedes dealership. There is an entry however in a 1910 directory which lists Mary Boynton, a teacher, as living at the Bonne Brae Address. She is also listed in the Annual Report of the Los Angeles Public Library as being involved in their Science department.
Los Angeles Herald, May 3, 1908:
Business Changes Hands The A. H. Busch company and the H. R. Boynton company have bought out the J. D. Hooker company on Los Angeles street, between First and Second. ■ The latter concern ls one of the old time wholesale plumbing and steam supply houses of Los Angeles.
According to a mention of his death, in a book entitled Domestic Engineering, Vol. 52, Mr Boynton's business was located at 214-216 N. Los Angeles Street. It also notes that he had come to Los Angeles in 1898 and had become manager of the J. D. Hooker Company.
He died on September 12 and is buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery with his wife Mary, who outlived him by 29 years.
His obituary from the Los Angeles Herald, September 14, 1910:
H. R BOYNTON FUNERAL TO BE HELD TOMORROW
California Club Appoints Members to Bear Body of President to Grave
The funeral of Horace R. Boynton, prominent clubman and business man of Los Angeles, who died 1 while undergoing an operation at the California hospital Monday night, will be held at the First Unitarian church, Ninth and Flower streets, tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. Boynton was president of the California club and the directors of that organization have chosen from among their membership I. B. Newton, N. H. Foster, Jud Saeger and John G. Mott, former close friends of Mr. Boynton, to be the pallbearers at the services. Rev. Stanton Hodgin will officiate.
In the twelve years that Mr. Boynton was actively interested in business in this city, both as manager of the J. D. Hooker company and as president of the H. P. Boynton company, he made a host of staunch friends, who will miss him as a business associate. In club circles he was equally successful. Shortly after being elected to membership in the California club he was made a director and three years ago his genial ways and goodfellowship won him the highest honor his fellow clubmen could bestow—the club's presidency, which office he held until hla death.
During his earlier days he was engaged in the banking business in the town of his birth, Waverly, 111., where he was born In 1854. When but 21 years old he was cashier of the county bank of Waverly, which position he held until he moved to Indianapolis. Moving to California twenty years ago he located In San Francisco, and for a long time he was the Pacific coast agent for the Western Tube company. In 1898 he came to Los Angeles as manager of the J. D. Hooker company. Seeing the vast Held for a wholesale metal house in this city he organized the H. R. Boynton company, one of the largest wholesale metal houses here, and as president of this company he was actively connected with it until his death. Mr. Boynton is survived by a widow and six children —three daughters, Mary, Julia and Bessie, who are at home, and three sons. The elder son, Horace R. Boynton, Jr., is a Yale student, while tha other two sons, Fred and Henry, are out of the city on a vacation.
Appearing in the Los Angeles Herald, September 15, 1910:
HORACE R. BOYNTON BY THE death of Mr. Horace R. Boynton there has been removed a personality whose consistent work for the upbuilding of the city of Los Angeles deserves more than passing mention. As one of the organizers of the Municipal league he gave of his time and ability to furthering the best interests of the city. He was one of those staunch, tried and true citizens who delighted in the advancement of Los Angeles along progressive lines, who believed in this city and her future, and who labored loyally and earnestly for her commercial greatness as well as for her progress toward honest government and civic cleanliness. Los Angeles can ill afford to lose such men as Mr. Boynton, and in acclaiming his worth The Herald but voices the sentiments of a host of citizens who honored him in life and now mourn his death.
After the elder Mr Boynton's death, a 1917 directory shows the company as having an office at 1002 Santa Fe Avenue and a showroom at 839 S. Los Angeles