Underwood Typewriter Company
Before the Depression Poppy was the District Manager for Underwood. After he was a salesman both in their store and on the road. He wasn’t…
Bredimus Family Haviland
I vaguely remember a collection of Limoges china at Oak Street. It must have been inherited from Mommy and I assume Nancy has it now….
Grandfather McDonald (Emory)
It is a good idea to ask family questions before the older siblings memories fade. Grandfather McDonald (Emory) died when I was very young. He…
Granny Mac
See the attached photo of me standing with my maternal grandmother at our home on Oak Street. I appear to be about 14 years old,…
Goulash Recipe and History
Dad’s goulash recipe came from his parents kitchen. Remember that Poppy’s family came to Iowa from France and then Egypt. Cloves are used in meat…
Green paint was a bargain
I believe the green paint was a bargain. It was Mom’s favorite color too. The only odd bit of information was that our father used…
1949 Oak Street in Oakland
I found another photo of the Potash Steam Shovel (attached). The file name says 1949, so it was the year of my birth. It appears…
Studio Photograph of the Photographer
Here is a scan of an actual studio photograph of Dad taken around the time of the Ft. Leonard Wood Construction. The back of the…
Ft. Leonard Wood
An unretouched photo of Mom and Cean I promised (interim low-resolution version). This picture was taken by Dad (Robert L. Bredimus) during the construction of…
Steak Dinner but with whom?
The photo is of our father, Robert L, Bredimus, taken at home at 31 Oak Street Oakland New Jersey. The question is who is his…
More about Inventions
What we can surmise from the Dec 11, 2019 newspaper article: It was one year later that our father, Robert Bredimus, travelled to France on…
Robert Bredimus Builds Typewriter for Warped Hands
Des Moines Tribune-Capital DES MOINES, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1929 The Story of Ralph Manassa, Cripple, is Story of a Modern Miracle SPEECHLESS, HE IS…
Underwood Typewriter Company
I truly appreciate this bit of family history. Two brothers who chose very different paths. Francis Leslie Bredimus and Robert Leo Bredimus. Our father was…
Grandfather McDonald
Our branch of the Bredimus family are McDonald and Hendrix on the maternal side. So, we are from Scotland and Germany. More about the lineage…
House at 31 Oak Street
Happy Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. We have so much sun in Hawaii it doesn’t matter here. In Woodinville, like Oakland, the…
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