-History of the Q's Name -
Quincy Edward's first endeavor, Q's Coffee Shop, was on N. Broadway and operated during the 1930's. Q's Coffee Shop closed when Mr. Edwards decided he wanted to enter the sporting goods business and opened Q's Sport Shop at the corner of 1st Ave N and N 29th St. If you haven't figured it out by now, Q's is short for Quincy's. Aaron Lipsker purchased Q's Sport Shop in the 1950's and Borden G. Armstrong purchased the business from Mr. Lipsker in 1962. Both successive owners kept the Q's name. B.G. Armstrong sold the business to his employees prior to his untimely death in 1964. In 1968, the business was purchased and moved across the street to the west side of N. 29th and became Bair's Army Navy. After the sale in 1968, the Q's Sport Shop employee owners, which happened to be the leading experts in the sporting goods business during that day, went to work for the enterprises that today are named Scheels and Big Bear.
Q's Art Shop is proudly carrying on the Q's trademark tradition of quality customer service and we give special thanks to the Western Heritage Center for providing historical information.
__________________________________________ "At Q's, we take the time to get it right!"
We also have for sale:
Metal sculpted light fixtures by Tim Rogers of Billings.
Hand blown hummingbird feeders by Peter Reuthlinger of St. Ignatius.
Fused glass artwork jewerly by Janet Ness of Billings.
1511 6th Avenue N. Suite C Billings, MT 59101 |
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