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C163008-4
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- 1893 (Creation)
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ca. 1893. Located at 2903 Sixth Avenue in the mid-1890's was a grocery store owned & operated by Charles H. Grinnell and James W. Miller. The two-story wood framed building faced Sixth Avenue with parking for delivery carts and customers on North Pine. The 1895 City Directory indicated that the store sold groceries, hay, grain and feed. The next year the store's contents had expanded to include flour, tea, coffee, spices and produce. Charles Grinnell was born in Minnesota in October of 1862. He is shown clutching the hand of his little girl, Ethel, while standing outside his business establishment. His partner, James Miller, is the man on the farthest left. Mr. Miller, born in Ohio in May of 1851, also resided in Tacoma with his wife and three sons. One of the boys, "Willie," has his arm extended to possibly hold the reins of a horse-drawn cart. By the time of 1897-98 City Directory, only James Miller's name was listed as proprietor; Mr. Grinnell was the deputy chief state grain inspector. (photograph has been written on)
Grocery stores--Tacoma--1890-1900; Grinnell, Charles H.; Miller, James W.; Grinnell, Ethel A.; Miller, William E.; Carts & wagons--Tacoma--1890-1900; Horses--Tacoma--1890-1900;