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Densmore Garage


1946 - 1948 also known as Thomas and Bernard Oil Co., according to the Densmoreland yearbooks.  It was owned and operated by Virg Thomas and Homer Bernard.

1950-51 - Owned by Homer Bernard with Ivan Boyd, Mgr. according to the Densmore yearbooks

1952 to close, solely owned and operated by Homer Bernard


  Old garage
Original garage building


fire
The fire of 1955

   aftermath 1  
Aftermath

aftermath 2  
More ruins

starting over

Starting over on the old hotel site. Debris from the burned-out garage was used to fill the old excavation and a new cement block building was constructed.  That's me standing in front.


Densmore Garage, July 2000

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