Collage of Excelsior scenes includes photos of Joslin Brothers Hardware Store, Main Street looking south, High School, Catholic Mission House, Business section, Trinity Chapel, Sampson House, and the Lake Minnetonka Casino, postmarked 1912.
Fitzsimmons-Derrig Company was the business of Charles Fitzsimmons and Andrew A. Warfield. The wholesale fruit business began in 1890 as George W. Martin and Co. with Charles Fitzsimmons as an employee. In 1891 it was Martin, Fitzsimmons and Warfield. In 1892-1893 Fitzsimmons and Warfield, located at 126 West Michigan Street the address of this image. Later Fitzsimmons Derrig and Palmer. Some of the names on the wagons indicate prior partnerships as the company's ownership evolved.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Began in 1890 as George W. Martin and Company followed in 1891 as Martin, Fitzsimmons and Warfield. Fitzsimmons - Derrig Company seems to date from 1894.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Exterior view of the H. L. Greaves & Company building located at 325 Division Street in Northfield. Signs in the windows advertise "Books" and "Drugs."
Exterior view of the Lahr Building, located 603 St. Germain Street in St. Cloud. Businesses include: Price Clothing, Stearns County Bank, Huhn Drugstore.