Tag Archives: Frank Estate

Wobbling Into My Past by Kit Bowen

Posted on February 20, 2024 by gardenhomehistoryproject

[Wobbling Into My Past by Kit Bowen was submitted to us via gardenhomehistory@gmail.com on February 1st, 2024. Thanks for this new chapter, Kit! You can read Kit’s first chapter Kit Bowen.] Obviously Thomas Wolfe had never been to Garden Home … Continue reading →

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Clark Martin

Posted on October 22, 2012 by GHHP

Having read Colin Lamb’s entry I thought I would add a little. I was at Garden Home for all of elementary (1950-1958) and lived at 7280 SW 77th through high school. My father, Plez Martin taught at Garden Home for 2-3 years while … Continue reading →

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Aaron Frank Farm

Posted on June 22, 2012 by GHHP

See also: Remembering Gerry Frank. Gerry Frank Aaron Frank home article in Sunset Magazine, 1929 Aaron M. Frank bought property out in the country in the early 1920s so he would have adequate land for his family’s horses near the Oregon … Continue reading →

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Aaron Frank home article in Sunset Magazine, 1929

Posted on April 25, 2010 by GHHP

This article, “A Gray-Shingled Home in the West”, was published in Sunset magazine in February 1929. This is a fascinating story of the Frank home, the decor and the lifestyle. Used with written permission from Sunset magazine, Sunset Publishing Corporation, Lorraine … Continue reading →

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Gerry Frank

Posted on April 5, 2010 by GHHP

[Editor: Gerry passed away in March 13, 2022 at the age of 98. See Remembering Gerry Frank. The Oregon Historical Society celebrated his 100th birthday on September 21, 2023.] By Gerry Frank, 2010 Our family home was in southwest Portland on … Continue reading →

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