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History:

Sketch of house in Los Angeles Times, 12/12/28, Pt. V, p. 2 in advertisement for Edwards & Wildey Co. Laack & Williams, owners and sub-dividers. Cost $20,000.

Home of Ernest Nordie (born 1912) artist, Walt Disney Productions. (Source: Who’s Who in Los Angeles County, 1942-43.)

1930 census:
3676 Lowry Road (Value: $20,000): 1) Arthur Getz, owner and head of household; 49 year old white married male; married at age 24; born in Illinois; father born in Wisconsin, mother in New Jersey; manager of an electric ice machine company. 2) Victoria Getz, wife; 46 year old white married female; married at age 21; born in Iowa; father born in Iowa, mother in Wisconsin; not working. 3) Wells Getz, son; 23 year old white single male; born in Illinois; salesman of electric ice machines. 4) Margaret Stubbs, mother-in-law; 63 year old white female widow; married at age 16; born in Wisconsin; parents born in Ireland; not working.

1940 Census:
3676 Lowry Road (Value $12,000): 1) Ernest Nordie, head of household; white married male 27 years of age; born in Utah; artist in a motion picture studio; earns $3,500. 2) Rosalind D. Nordie, wife; white married female 25 years of age; born in Italy; not working. 3) Erik Nordie, son; white male 1 year of age; born in California.