The Giant Discount store was located at 2101 West Superior Street. 2103 West Superior was the location of the Young Old Timers Club, Nelson Knitting Mills was at 2105 West Superior.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Northwest corner of Lake avenue and Superior street shoe and boot store of G. Poirier; workers; street; boardwalk; aprons; signs like boots; adjacent businesses
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Hoffs Millinery Shop; 326 west first street or in George A. Gray Company department store; Maria P. Hoff proprietor; two women; hats on stands; mirror and rocking chair; seating; stove pipe; light fixture; glass cases
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Workers during the Christmas season include Clarence C. Bartholomew and Bessie Crasweller behind the counter at the left. The George A. Gray Company evolved. It was the Huntington and Tallant "The New Store" in 1900 with S. W. Huntington, Frank E. Tallant. It was Hendren and Tallant Company, dry goods, in 1901 with William T. Hendren. It was Gray and Tallant Company, department store, in 1902, followed by George A. Gray Company in 1911. Finally it was the Edward F. Wahl Company in 1937. Wahl's went out of business in 1986. Tallant in 1910.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Bystanders near Knox five and dime store fire at 102-104 west Superior street; fire fighters and equipment; Brocklehurst Business College; Rathskeller; Tredway Drugs
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Kugler's Drug Store; windows; people; 127 east Superior street; ice cream; crushed fruit; soda; Edward Grochau in doorway; 1960s site of Sears and Roebuck
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Marshall and Normandy building 114 West Michigan street; Duluth Warehouse and Storage Co; sign Flour Oats Hay at corner of building; horse drawn wagon; workmen
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Miller Music Company at 8 West First Street was the business of brothers Abe H. and Ben B. Miller. The store moved to 32 East Superior Street. Abe Miller was a violinist and the manager of the Duluth Symphony for 37 years beginning in 1932. Ben was an assistant manager of Northern Drug prior to launching the music store in 1922. The song "Yes We Have No Bananas" was popular in 1923.
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Miller Music Company at 8 West First Street was the business of brothers Abe H. and Ben B. Miller. The store moved to 32 East Superior Street. Abe Miller was a violinist and the manager of the Duluth Symphony for 37 years beginning in 1932. Ben was an assistant manager of Northern Drug prior to launching the music store in 1922. "Gold Diggers" was a hit musical film in 1929.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Miller Music Company at 32 East Superior Street was the business of brothers Abe H. and Ben B. Miller. Abe Miller was a violinist and the manager of the Duluth Symphony for 37 years beginning in 1932. Ben was an assistant manager of Northern Drug prior to launching the music store in 1922.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Miller Music Company at 32 East Superior Street was the business of brothers Abe H. and Ben B. Miller. Abe Miller was a violinist and the manager of the Duluth Symphony for 37 years beginning in 1932. Ben was an assistant manager of Northern Drug prior to launching the music store in 1922. Miller brothers and musicians in front of their store.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Bilsey and Peterson General Store 203 Central Avenue; Nels C. Bilsey, Oscar Peterson, grocers; store and food products; Roosevelt and Central; Carl Hoagland; Oscar Peterson; Tom Murphy; Agnes Bell; Anna Peterson; Albert Peterson; canned goods on shelf; meat counter; scale; sawdust on floor; wooden crates of food;
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West Duluth Candy Shoppe; 327 North Central Avenue; Louis A. Zervas and Hannah Zervas confectioner; workers; clothing store next door; awning; building architectural details; building 1922; store windows; sidewalk
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West Duluth; F.W. Woolworth Company 5 and 10 cent store; Central Avenue in 300 block store front; toy store on right; lamp post; Christmas sale; winter
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; George Peterson Buffet store building; two men and six boys in front of two-story frame store with business on the street level and living quarters on the second floor; man is wearing a white apron; open curtained widows; Ringling Brothers Circus posters in windows; People's Beer sign on edge of building; a boy is carrying a wooden crate on top of head; boys are wearing knickers; two story; wood building
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections