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"Let the record be made of the men and things of to-day, lest they pass out of memory to-morrow and are lost. Then perpetuate them not upon wood or stone that crumble to dust, but upon paper, chronicled in picture and in words that endure forever." --Kirkland
Business Index
Chicago Telephone Company Building, 115 E Main St, Morris, 1913
Coleman Hardware, 100 Nettle Street, Morris
Coleman Hardware, North side of building. [The building was also known as Sherwood School Furniture and Ohio Butt Company. It is on the National Register of Historic Places #94000980.]
Employees of Coleman Hardware, This is an old photo that I inherited from my great-uncle Frederick Werner, who was born in Morris. The caption written on the back says "Coleman Hardware - Pa Werner - Bottom row - Extreme right." Pa Werner is my great-grandfather Herbert Morse Werner whose vital statistics are as follows:
Born: 10 March 1874, in Corning, Iowa; Married: 2 September 1902 in Morris to Mary Emma Clayton; Died: 13 January 1943 in Morris; Buried: 18 January 1943 in Morris Evergreen Cemetery. [Courtesy of Steven P. Lynes Sr.]
Craig Carr Station, Route 6, Morris, 1925
Gebhard Brewery, 613 W Washington, Morris; constructed 1896 [Courtesy of American Memory, Library of Congress]
J C Horrie Jewelry, Morris
Mazon Depot, Mazon [Courtesy of Bob Lawrence]
Northwestern Corporation, Morris
The caption on the back says "Northwestern Corporation - Pa Werner - Extreme Right." Pa Werner is Herbert Morse Werner. He is the one on the extreme right with only his head visible looking over the gentleman's left shoulder. Others in photo are unidentified. [Courtesy of Steven P. Lynes Sr.]
Unknown Store in Morris???, photo taken by Flynn, Morris
Wagner House Hotel, Morris
White & Company's Goose Lake Stoneware Manufactury (aka Jugtown; Potty Works), 5010 N. Jugtown Rd., Morris; added to National Register of Historical Places #98000982, 1998
M H Woolsey, ca 1900-1905, sold hats and corsets, Morris
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