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Originally Posted by riichkay
Sakhal, given the aerial photo and your info on the historic street numbering I think it's likely I have the wrong corner....so it's now officially a "mystery location".
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I ended up spending more time than I perhaps should have studying both photos, as well as looking at the historic aerials, the sanborn maps, G.S.V. and even eventually the topographical maps. (I'll explain my specific reason for that last area of study).
I think the lighter photo is an earlier photo. I came to that conclusion due to the growth at the top of the tree, and I noticed in what I'm calling the darker photo, there is a birdhouse/mailbox (?) type of wooden object next to/behind the young boy in that photo that is missing in the lighter photo.
Another thing that struck me about the darker photo is the drop off from the bottom step that the young girl is standing above. It seems like quite the cliff face there, exposed roots and all. Then after looking closely at the rest of the cobble-stone wall, I got the impression that the sidewalk may have been recently regraded. That got me to thinking. So I looked at the topo. map and moved west to where about I was guesstimating the 1000 block would have been in that era. I ended up zoning in on the intersection where "Montana Ave." and "Bringham Ave." meet.
Just a hunch. It would seem that sometime in the 1920's Montana Avenue was graded over some kind of ditch or depression. I am also of the suspicion that the Spanish-style building that can be seen in the distance in the darker photo is one of the buildings at the VA Hospital, however it's hard to tell. I wasn't able to match it exactly to any existing building that I could see, however it does look to be similar in style to the rest of the remaining buildings.
So at best, I've got a wild guess, stemming from a hunch that was based on speculation.
I've done more with less.