The first creamery in Hendricks was located by the creek in the northwest part of town. A slaughter house was nearby off the creek. A man is standing in his wagon delivering two cream cans to the creamery. A horse is pulling the man and his cart.
Oscar Erickson and Lloyd Johnson stand with furniture, lamps, refrigerators and pictures. Lloyd Johnson was also hired as the mortician in the same building. Today this building is home to The Local, a restaurant.
The creamery as it looked new. The entrance on the left was the receiving station. The building exists today minus the receiving station. It is being converted to a microbrewery.
Sidewalks continue across the street while the sidewalks themselves are well above the street. This era was a mixture, the automobile along with the horse and wagon.
Pictured is the interior of the Lakeview Hotel which stood where the Legion Hall stands now on Lincoln Street. Also pictured is Mr. Henry Dickinson who managed the hotel in the early 1900s. It is said that in 1908 the Dickinson's served a three course Easter dinner for $0.35.
On the left is Ed Goodoien and on the right is clerk Pete Shelstad. An early general store. It stood on the corner of Main and Lincoln Street in Hendricks, Minnesota. Display cases and shelves are filled with merchandise on both sides of the center aisle.
Interior view of a barbershop in Hendricks. On the right wall is a cabinet. Each patron had their own shaving mugs stored here. Alfred Arnold is the barber. Also pictured are Larry Hanson, Bill Fredricks and an unidentified fourth person. This barbershop was torn down many years ago.
The Henry Kurth Jr. home was used as the first post office for the New Grove Community. Several children are lined up with warm coats, chairs, and doll buggies. Some of the boys have caps and suspenders and the girls are all in long dresses.
Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Johnson are proudly displaying a spinning wheel, and an end table. The fireplace behind them was made from an assortment of rocks and stones, they collected on some of their travels.
The Dray man delivered freight from the railroad depot to homes and businesses. Here the dray man is sitting in his wagon. The wagon is being pulled by a team of two horses and it looks like there is a bag of seed in the back of the wagon. Here people are looking at the damage of stripped trees, building debris, and leaning telephone poles.
Sivert Olson, the first manager of the elevator, is ready to unload a wagon of grain pulled by a team of horses. On the side track are three railroad cars waiting to be used.
The wooden frame hotel was three stories tall. It stands where the American Legion Hall is now in Hendricks, Minnesota. The street in front of the hotel was dirt with the sidewalk well above street level. Also along the street are telephone poles with eight cross boards attached.
The First National Bank, clothing store, drug store, the PJ Ness cash store and hardware store are some of the business on early Main Street. Wooden traffic signs, Model T Fords and a few people are seen. Many of these buildings remain today much as they were.