Here we have another of Luella Rice’s long biographical essays, this time about E. W. Roberts, for the Highland Park News Herald. Roberts, at the time of the article, was head of his own garment factory. It was located at 5721½ Pasadena Ave (what Figueroa used to be called). The article mentions that the factory was a few doors down from the newspapers offices which puts it around Ave 57. The article goes on to include a lot of fascinating details about being a small business owner and designing and making clothing. Give it a read.
