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Blair’s Downtown – Block 45
Lots 8-15 (18th to 17th Streets)
1909 Sanborn Map
Lots 8-9
- 1909 – Lot 8 was a photo studio
- 1960s – 2000 – Coast to Coast Hardware first by Johnny Johnson then owned by Bob Harrison
- Early 2000s – Joseph’s Coat
Lots 10-11
- Harriet Betts Palle had her confirmation picture taken there in 1928 (from the Memory Lane Event in 2003).
- Ruth Mummert Machemore had her picture taken there in 1936 (from the Memory Lane Event in 2003).
- 1940s – 1970s – Rabbass Photography Studio
- Currently an insurance and real estate agency.
Lot 12
- 1950s – 1960s – Nielsen’s Shoe Store – owned by the father of Beaver Nielsen.
- 1980s – Empty Lot
Lots 13-15
- 1960s – Boh’s Oil & Gas
- 1960s – 70s – Sinclair Gas Station
- 1980s – Goodrich Dairy
- 2000s – Butch’s
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