
So many interesting details. Thanks again
MR.
...Mama Maru. I never expected to learn her last name.
A rare glimpse inside a blacksmith's shop, Los Angeles [1890s?-1900s?]
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PHOTOGRAPH-B...wAAOSwux5YK-cE
Here's the photographer's stamp on the reverse. (If only someone would have penciled in the name of the blacksmith shop)

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for search purposes:
Howland & Chadwick, 211 South Main Street, Opposite Cathedral, Los Angeles.
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