Abstract
| Discussed are the following topics: Carol, changes in the hardware business, prepackaged goods, customers purchasing goods in large quantities at chain hardware stores, comparing and contrasting independent hardware stores to large chain stores—Businesses being passed down through families in La Crosse, Wisconsin, families being known for certain industries, examples of this, M. Lokken & Son Grocery (1918-1955, 1300 Caledonia Street)—Businesses on Caledonia Street, La Crosse, Guggenbuehl and Nekola (1231 Caledonia Streets), Wisconsin, Paul’s Shaver Service (1953-2007, 1224 Caledonia Street), Wittenberg Cigar Store (1912-1991, 1230 Caledonia Street), Roy (bar and liquor store), the North Side Bank (800 Rose Street), Motor Gage Electric Auto Lite (est. 1911, Gillette and Rose Streets), La Crosse Rubber Mills Company (1897-1985), Berg’s Pharmacy (1927-ca.1990s or early 2000s, 1228 Caledonia Street), Neumeister’s Butcher Shop (Central Market, 1226 Caledonia Street), Gambles (hardware store, 1925-1982, moved to 306-310 Pearl Street in 1934), Western Auto Store (est. 1949, 1202 Caledonia Street), Riviera Theatre (1920-ca.1967, 1213 Caledonia Street), Nelson Clothing Company (1907-1983, 1205-07 Caledonia Street), The Sweet Shop (est. 1921, 1113 Caledonia Street), Maid Rite (1947-2016, 1119 Caledonia Street), Bangsberg Tailor Shop (est. date unknown, closed, ca. 1979, 1115 Caledonia Street), Nelson Funeral Home (1007 Caledonia Street), Jacobson’s Service Station, Haroldson’s Shoe Store, Dr. Hale W. Hunt and Dr. Raymond H. Lehmann dentist’s office (1956-1978, 1209 Caledonia Street), Art Store above Mississippi Brittle (candy brittle store, 1230-1232 Caledonia Street), Sletten Furniture Store (1900-1981, 1217-1219 Caledonia Street), Sletten and Son Funeral Home (located at 1339 Caledonia Street from 1924-1926)—Carol, education, attending Immanuel Lutheran School (corner of 1201 Avon and St. Paul Streets), socializing after school, school parties, going to the Jive Hive (Gillette Street) and the Avalon Ballroom (est.1927) for socializing and dancing—Advertising family’s hardware store and other local businesses during church outings in different towns, Lutheran religious limitations on joining certain groups in the community, grandfather not allowed to join the Freemasons, children not allowed to join the Boy or Girl Scouts of America, seeing the opening of the Cass Street Bridge—Skiing and ice skating at the Pettibone Park lagoon and Copeland Park, La Crosse, Wisconsin—Racial diversity in the Northside neighborhood, La Crosse, Wisconsin, families of color in the Northside neighborhood, Moss family, Orby Moss (1902-1977) owning a barber shop, Green family, race relations within the Northside neighborhood community—Socioeconomic classes in the Northside neighborhood, La Crosse, Wisconsin, the Northside neighborhood as a blue-collar community, types of work in the neighborhood. |
Content | 00:00:03—Carol, changes in the hardware business, prepackaged goods, customers purchasing goods in large quantities at chain hardware stores, comparing and contrasting independent hardware stores to large chain stores |
00:03:30—Businesses being passed down through families in La Crosse, Wisconsin, families being known for certain industries, examples of this, M. Lokken & Son Grocery (1918-1955, 1300 Caledonia Street) |
00:07:20—Businesses on Caledonia Street, La Crosse, Guggenbuehl and Nekola (1231 Caledonia Streets), Wisconsin, Paul’s Shaver Service (1953-2007, 1224 Caledonia Street), Wittenberg Cigar Store (1912-1991, 1230 Caledonia Street), Roy (bar and liquor store), the North Side Bank (800 Rose Street), Motor Gage Electric Auto Lite (est. 1911, Gillette and Rose Streets), La Crosse Rubber Mills Company (1897-1985), Berg’s Pharmacy (1927-ca.1990s or early 2000s, 1228 Caledonia Street), Neumeister’s Butcher Shop (Central Market, 1226 Caledonia Street), Gambles (hardware store, 1925-1982, moved to 306-310 Pearl Street in 1934), Western Auto Store (est. 1949, 1202 Caledonia Street), Riviera Theatre (1920-ca.1967, 1213 Caledonia Street), Nelson Clothing Company (1907-1983, 1205-07 Caledonia Street), The Sweet Shop (est. 1921, 1113 Caledonia Street), Maid Rite (1947-2016, 1119 Caledonia Street), Bangsberg Tailor Shop (est. date unknown, closed, ca. 1979, 1115 Caledonia Street), Nelson Funeral Home (1007 Caledonia Street), Jacobson’s Service Station, Haroldson’s Shoe Store, Dr. Hale W. Hunt and Dr. Raymond H. Lehmann dentist’s office (1956-1978, 1209 Caledonia Street), Art Store above Mississippi Brittle (candy brittle store, 1230-1232 Caledonia Street), Sletten Furniture Store (1900-1981, 1217-1219 Caledonia Street), Sletten and Son Funeral Home (located at 1339 Caledonia Street from 1924-1926) |
00:19:20—Carol, education, attending Immanuel Lutheran School (corner of 1201 Avon and St. Paul Streets), socializing after school, school parties, going to the Jive Hive (Gillette Street) and the Avalon Ballroom (est.1927) for socializing and dancing |
00:22:30—Advertising family’s hardware store and other local businesses during church outings in different towns, Lutheran religious limitations on joining certain groups in the community, grandfather not allowed to join the Freemasons, children not allowed to join the Boy or Girl Scouts of America, seeing the opening of the Cass Street Bridge |
00:23:31—Skiing and ice skating at the Pettibone Park lagoon and Copeland Park, La Crosse, Wisconsin |
00:25:46—Racial diversity in the Northside neighborhood, La Crosse, Wisconsin, families of color in the Northside neighborhood, Moss family, Orby Moss (1902-1977) owning a barber shop, Green family, race relations within the Northside neighborhood community |
00:29:11—Socioeconomic classes in the Northside neighborhood, La Crosse, Wisconsin, the Northside neighborhood as a blue-collar community, types of work in the neighborhood |