Tag Archives: Frank

Veterans of Garden Home

Posted on March 13, 2015 by

These stories were collected from veterans attending our May 17, 2014 event at the Garden Home Recreation Center celebrating Armed Forces Day (click here to see all the photos from that event) and our November 10, 2018 event celebrating Veteran’s Day … Continue reading →

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Aaron Frank Farm

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

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 Electric Railroad line, where a loading dock facilitated the easy transportation of his show … Continue reading →

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Hunt Club, Riding Academies

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

The Portland Hunt Club, Portland Riding Academy, Nicol Riding Academy and Aaron Frank’s stables were all within touching distance of each other, so they will be covered together.  So you can tell who the ‘interviewees’ are, so to speak, Don … Continue reading →

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Aaron Frank home article in Sunset Magazine, 1929

Posted on April 25, 2010 by

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

Our family home was in southwest Portland on the corner of St. Clair Street and Kings Court near the Council Crest Bridge. I attended Ainsworth Elementary and Lincoln High School, but we spent our summers in Garden Home. Oregon has … Continue reading →

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