490 43rd St 1997

Description:
Exterior view of the shop of the painting and decorating contractor firm, Walter Blumert & Co., owned and operated by members of the Stump family, 490 43rd Street (looking northerly), Temescal district, Oakland, Calif.

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Date of Document:
1997

Document Author:
Jeff Norman

Geographic Location:
490 43rd Street, Oakland, Calif.

Context:
Walter Blumert Co., founded in 1941, was operated since circa 1960 by the Stump family Clarence, Peggy, Robert, and Joanne Stump. In circa 2005 they moved the business to Hayward. More recently the company, operating under the name Stump and Sons, has specialized in exterior cleaning.This photograph was expressly taken to match the scene of an earlier photograph. See 490 43rd St 1941