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Reader offers history of locale
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Redlands Daily Facts
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July 7, 2008
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By CATHERINE GARCIA
Staff Writer
Last week's "Recognize This?" photograph showed Baker-Crear's
Interiors, but before that, the spot was home to Lowery and Wheaton
Packard motorcar showroom.
"To the left, you see some tall doors," Ivan Hinerman of Redlands
said. "That's where they did repairs. Barely visible is a covered
building used to wash cars and steam clean. There was a sloping
floor that collected the junk and sent it to the sewer. When I was a
high school junior, there was a two pump service station to the
left. From late 1954 to 1955, I ran the gas station - not a real
serious responsibility, as not a lot of people came through."
"Vernon Crear worked for the county superintendent ...