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Residence of Mrs. James Ruth, a member of a women’s organization, in 1922. (Source: Who’s Who among the Women of California, Security Publishing Company, Los Angeles, 1922)

1920 census:
4633 Franklin Avenue: 1) J. B. Ruth, owner and head of household; 40 year old white married male; born in Pennsylvania; parents born in Pennsylvania; a bank auditor. 2) Ethel Ruth, wife; 38 year old white married female; born in New York; father born in Hungary, mother in Pennsylvania; not working. 3) Kenneth Ruth, son; 11 year old white male; born in New Jersey; not working.

1930 census:
4633 Franklin Avenue (Value: $12,000):1) Junia Peters, owner and head of household; 59 year old white married female; married at age 22; born in Iowa; father born in Indiana, mother in Iowa; not working. 2) Mercedes J. Peters, daughter; 28 year old single white female; born in Iowa; father born in Kansas; a clerk at the automobile association. 3) John C. Christensen, lodger; 47 year old white single male; born in Norway; parents born in Norway; speaks Norwegian; to US in 1907, a naturalized citizen; a bookkeeper at the Board of Education. 4) John J. Huff, lodger; 42 year old divorced white male; married at age 37; born in Iowa; father born in Ohio, mother in Illinois; a lawyer in general practice.

1940 Census:
4633 Franklin Avenue (Value $4,500): 1) Junia Peters, head of household; white widow 69 years of age; born in Iowa; not working. 2) Mercedes Peters, daughter; white single female 38 years of age; born in Illinois; dictaphone operator and typist, general insurance company; earns $1,500.