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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge

LA Herald Jan 15 1905 @ Library of Congress -- http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...ed-1/seq-9.pdf


Los Angeles, the Old and the New (J. E. Scott, 1911) @ HathiTrust -- http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?i...iew=1up;seq=66

Apparently the Fraternal Brotherhood changed its name to the Golden West Life Insurance Company in 1931, but I couldn't find any other info: http://fraternalalliance.org/wp-cont...ETIES-2012.pdf

P.S. Thanks GW for the f/u on the LA School of Art and Design. I never would have guessed that the building was named for people running the school.

Re: the Fraternal Brotherhood, in the last article, it mentions that the Brotherhood was founded, in part by James A. Foshay, initially Superintendent of Schools. The 1900 census has his address as 2344 Scarff Street, Los Angeles. The assessor's office does not list that address anymore, but there are some very interesting houses in that vicinity, which now is near USC. The closest address to 2344 is 2342, which was built in 1902 and still stands. Check out the street view.

Foshay was born in New York in 1856 and came to California to teach school in 1888. Mr Foshay is mentioned again in 1889 when his name appears in an article regarding the Incorporation of Monrovia. He is listed as being a member of the First Monrovia Band and it is noted that he played a Solo B Flat Cornet. H shows up again in 1899 when his name appears as the "Emminent Commander" of the Los Angeles Commandery in an obituary for a fellow Mason. There is a biography for him in the book about Monrovia, which indicates that he was a 33rd degree Mason.

James Foshay was elected to the Supreme Presidency of the Fraternal Brotherhood in 1905, a post to which he was re-elected in 1909 and again in 1913.

Mr Foshay was married and had at least one daughter. He died in 1914. His wife Phoebe, died in 1949.

Below is the info for a picture of Mr Foshay at his desk in around 1902. ( I still don't know how to get the actual picture to work) Note the set up for the phone behind him attached to the desk

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