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HIS selection of old photos from The Merchant Magazine's first few years of publishing gives a brief sampling of that long ago world of lumber marketing.

Reproduced from our bound copies of the magazine, going back to l922,they show an age of Mack trucks with hard rubber tires. new Model T Fords, primitive materials handling and a general architectural style most kindly described as utilitarian.

"D0WNT0WN building store . a modern place ol busrness tor building ideas, plans, illustrations, visualizations and materials."

-The Woodhead Lumber Co.. Main St., Los Angeles, Ca., Aug. 1922.

UTAH, lDAH0, Nevada, Washington and 0regon were served by Strable Hardwood Co., 0akland, Ca., (now part of the J.E. Higgins Lumber Co.) from this sizable location that employed fifty two. - July 1923

"NEW BRICK off ice building o{ the C. Ganahl Lumber Co., E. 1 st St. , Los Angeles (where) " they carry practically all of the so-called side lines, rooting, cement, plaster, wall board and hardware and at a DroJit." December 15,1923.