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Recent content by Mark Hunnibell

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    Martineau Street

    Wow folks! Before I got too much further down the road, I wanted to thank all of you who provided feedback and details. As a DIRECT result of the information, resources, and links you provided here, I am much further down the road to coloring in a more complete picture of my biographical...
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    Martineau Street

    Mike Thank you for your continued info. Apparently I do not have access to a "complete" archive of Kelly's Directories. I have 1900 and 1905 from ancestry.com... nothing in between. Is there an online source for these? I agree with the concept that the listing in 1903 indicates the business...
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    Martineau Street

    By the way, I disagree that the "shoe warehouse" store is at #20 Martineau. On the right in the photo, directly (perpendicular) across the street from the front of the "shoe warehouse" on Martineau Street, you can see the small Union Passage between two buildings. The store on the left of Union...
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    Martineau Street

    Wow! Thanks. I am generally aware of the heritage of the company (Eclipse Motor & Cycle) and had quite a few of their adverts, but the adverts from that site in Spain were new and of interest. Below is a listing of the South side "residents" of Martineau Street beginning at the East end from...
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    Martineau Street

    Hello: I am interested to know if anyone might have a photo of Martineau Street from about 1908 that would include the storefront of Eclipse Motor & Cycle Makers at 20 Martineau Street. I do not know for sure how many years it was there, but I do know it was there in 1908 (found the listing in...
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