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J. Tomei Contractor 1928 (Photo taken by me in December of 2020 in Los Angeles).
This one is very confusing. I am not clear if itâs separate from the Tomei Cons Co. I photographed previously. At least I know Tomei Cons Co. is also in the L.A. area, whereas âJ. Tomei & Co.â seems to be based in Washington state (Contractor, Volume 23, McGraw Publishing Company, 1916). There is also J. Tomei Construction Co. based in Van Nuys, CA (Construction Methods and Equipment, pg. 58, McGraw-Hill, 1957). And a âJ. Tomei & Sons Construction Co.,â described as a âânative-sonâ outfitâ in southern California (The Excavating Engineer, Volume 49, Excavating Engineer Publishing Company, 1955). J. Tomei and Sons was also based in Van Nuys in 1955 (Pacific Road Builder and Engineering Review, 1955). Itâs possible of course that J. Tomei just moved around a lot, as most of these different addresses are also divided by decade.
J. Tomei lost the contract to construct a vitrified pipe sewer system for the City of Brea, California (Western Construction, Volume 1, 1926).
In 1927, J. Tomei, at the time based at 599 Madison St. in Culver City (not an address that currently exists), got the contract for a âconcrete storm drain, etc. in Benedict Canyon Dr.â (Engineering News-record, Volume 98, McGraw-Hill, 1927). Tomei Construction Company was listed at 4160 Madison Avenue in Culver City in 1937, having won the contract âfor installing 10 in. vitrified clay sewer pipe, instead of existing 6 in. vitrified clay pipe, in alley at rear of Hawthorne School, Beverly Hills, Californiaâ from the Beverly Hills City Clerk. According to Redfin, this address is still a house that was built in 1925. In the same year, they also were awarded the contracts to grade and pave âon Crenshaw Blvd., betw. Westmont Ave. and 700 ft. southâ and âfor grading and paving Pico St. at Main St.,â both by the Los Angeles Board of Public Works (Western Construction News, Volume 12, King Publications, 1937).
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Using the LA Library's databases, I was able to learn that J. stands for Julio, which led me to a lot more information and allowed me to connect a lot of companies with Julio as the throughline! Plus a lot of biographical information now, too. Julio was born May 5, 1885 in Italy and died October 6, 1964 in Los Angeles. His father was also named Julio Tomei. Our Julio had multiple sons, including Victorio John Tomei (1916, Port angeles, WA, USA -2001), Perry Anthony Tomei (1910, Italy -?) (Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, & 1940 U.S. Census), and Edward J Tomei (1915, WA, USA -?) (FamilySearch). His wife, who was three years younger than he was, was named Nazarena Buffono (1890-?). They also had a daughter named Vienna Marie Tomei (1913, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada -1988) (Vienna's 1941 Marriage License). Weirdly in the 1920 U.S. census, the census-taker listed them as "Julius" and "Anna" with children "Paris," "Vianna," Victor, and Edward. One of these Tomei entities was "established back in 1905 by Contractor Julio Tomei, when he was a contractor for the Milwaukee-St. Paul Railroad in Idaho and Montana." It seems Julio moved to the USA in 1905 and his family joined him in 1912. He moved to southern California in 1923 (The Excavating Engineer, Volume 49, pg. 86. Excavating Engineer Publishing Company, 1955) In 1929, Julio was listed at 559 Madison Ave. in Culver City., which connects him to "J. Tomei" and this stamp specifically. He was awarded a contract by the Los Angeles board of public works "for sewer in Fairfax Ave., bet. city boundary and Willoughby Ave." (Building and Engineering News, Volume 26, Issue 1, 1926). As of 1930, he was living in Culver City (Family Search). In 1940, Julio and his family lived at 15449 Camarillo St. in Los Angeles, which today is in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood. He stated he worked 54 hours/week as a contractor in the cement work industry 1940 U.S. Census). In 1941, they lived at 4737 Orion Ave. in Van Nuys (today it looks like this is in Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles) (Vienna's 1941 Marriage License). In 1955, Julio was written up as general manager of Tomei Construction Co., so we can check that company off, too. We learn they were awarded a contract that included "3.7 mi of grading and paving on Palos Verdes Drive between city limits of Palos Verdes and Narcissa Dr. in Los Angeles." He was also involved in "LAX taxi-way extensions" Â (Western Construction, Volume 30, King Publications, 1955). Additionally, he was the contractor when Glenoaks Blvd. "was extended through what was known as Whiteman Hill (now Hansen Hill) to get passage to Hansen Dam and Sun Valley. We can see him pictured in this photo amongst earth-moving equipment for the Glenoaks Boulevard extension (Pacoima Historical Society Facebook). In 1963, Julio was President of Tomei Construction Co.; Perry Tomei was VP, "Edw. Tomei" was Secretary, and Victor Tomei was Treasurer. They had a post office box at 1150 E. Rosecrans, P. O. Box 1376, Manhattan Beach, CA 90268. (Constructor, Volumes 45-46, Associated General Contractors of America, 1963).
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