Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Caption |
O. A. Kohler Co., Hutchinson MN |
Description |
Sepia toned photograph, c.1916, of the employees of the O. A. Kohler Co. standing in front of the store. Mounted on photo board. Employees, from left to right, Karl Kohler (secretary/treasurer), Amelia Jorgenson (dry goods), Abby Schmandt and Marie Paulson (women's department), Beatrice Durbin (cashier), Ema Steinke (women's department), William Elftmann and son Walter (grocery department), Louis Duesterhoeft (men's department), Victor Naegeli (assistant to the secretary/treasurer), Herman Lembke (grocery manager), Gust Kurth (men's department), and O.A. Kohler (president). The O.A. Kohler Company general merchandise store was located at 146-150 Main Street South. Brick building, O. A. Kohler Company sign has raised letters, two cloth awnings printed with O. A. Kohler - General Merchandise. Above the Kohler sign is the Temple Lodge No. 59, A.F. & A. M. sign mounted to the building. The center door is printed with Sheppard (Dr.). |
Catalog Number |
2002-0139-001 |
Search Terms |
Kohler, O. A. Co., Hutchinson General stores Kohler Family Jorgenson Family Schmandt Family Paulson Family Durbin Family Steinke Family Elftmann Family Duesterhoeff Family Naegeli Family Lembke Family Kurth Family Temple Lodge 59, A.F. & A.M., Hutchinson Sheppard, Dr., Hutchinson MN |
Subjects |
General stores Dry goods stores Business people |
People |
Duesterhoeft, Louis Durbin, Beatrice Elftmann, Walter Elftmann, William Jorgenson, Amelia Kohler, Karl Kohler, O. A. Kurth, Gust Lembke, Herman Naegeli, Victor Paulson, Marie Schmandt, Abby Steinke, Ema Sheppard, Dr. |