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By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 29 May 2011 23:31:30 +0000

In 1887 my grandfather was working as an ironer at the French Laundry owned by Peter Calou. Since his (my grandfather’s) address was given as 690 29th, I’m assuming the building where he worked is the one in your photo – 730 29th

By: studiodeb333

studiodeb333 — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:59:51 +0000

Thanks for writing in Terry! I’d love to know more about the history of the building and the linen service that ran out of it. Like when the building was built? And an information about the design/architecture/architect? And what years did the linen service run, and who did it service? Households? Hotels? And what type of folks worked there? Any old pictures you can find would be wonderful! Feel free to email me directly (studiodeb@yahoo.com). Thanks again!

By: Terry T

Terry T — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:23:21 +0000

What would you like to know about the Calou’s Linen Oakland Laundry Bulding. I know a lot about it and might even be able to unearth some old pictures. I worked there for 15 years

By: Beer, bicycles, and my new favorite pub. « Oaktown Art

Beer, bicycles, and my new favorite pub. « Oaktown Art — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:57:04 +0000

[...] on a stretch of Telegraph I wrote about awhile back (A Transforming Stretch of Telegraph), this small Scottish styled pub with its warm decor of Victorian velvet wallpaper, vintage beer [...]

By: studiodeb333

studiodeb333 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:53:14 +0000

Thanks for the book suggestion… I have to get my ass to the library. The now-retired Oakland Streets blog (which is too bad, because it was really interesting) had this post with photos of lots of defunct tracks http://www.oaklandstreets.com/2009/04/pictures-of-dead-railroad-tracks.html