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Early Image: Barteau Hardware & Machinery Store. Main & 3rd Street Block circa late 1800s or early 1900s
Later Image of the same area: Coast to Coast, circa 1960s, NW corner of Main & 3rd Street.
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Early Image: Inside the overalls factory above Sigmond's store circa late 1800s
Early Image: Hammer's Creamery circa late 1800s or early 1900s
Later Image: Evergreen Bowling Lanes, circa 1960s, 110 Mill Street
The bowling alley was established by Alden Schliep & Harvey Lohman in 1964. It changed owners a few times, then closed. In 2018 it has been remodeled for the Zumbrota Bearing & Gear business.
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