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History:

Home of Percy Langdon Blodget in 1930. Chief Engineer of the Production Department of the Richfield Oil Co. of Calif, offices in the Richfield Building. 

Blodget was born in Youngsville, PA, the son of Spencer Langdon and Clara Belnop Blodget; he is the brother of Rush and Ward Blodget, both of Youngsville.  He received his education in Bakersfield, CA and at Stanford University, after which he engaged in mechanical engineering work; was located in Huntington Beach until 1923 when he came to LA.

Married Mellamae Bossart in 1925 in LA; they have two sons Kirby Stevenson and Percy Langdon, Jr. Member of the Shrine and other Masonic bodies and the Acacia Fraternity. Photo (Source: Who’s Who in Los Angeles County, 1930 1931, p. 52. Also has bios of his father Spencer Langdon Blodget, Asst. Mgr. LA branch of Dept. of Motor Vehicles, and of his brother Claude Raymond Blodget, a real estate broker in Bakersfield.)

1930 Census:
1911 No. Serrano Avenue (Value: $17,000): 1) John S. Jackson, owner and head of household; 65 year old white married male; married at age 24; born in New York; father born in Maryland, mother in Rhode Island; not working. 2) Minnie A. Jackson, wife; 64 year old white married female; married at age 23; born in New York; parents born in New York; not working.

1940 Census:
1911 Serrano Avenue (Value $12,000): 1) Morris Schumann, head of household; white widower 65 years of age; born in Russia; real estate broker. 2) Walter Schumann, son; white single male 26 years of age; born in New York; music teacher at home.