I was browsing around the Minnesota Historical Society’s online photograph collection, and came across these photos of the Watkins house in Winona from 1927-1929. I figured you’d find them interesting – the first batch were taken during construction, and the second batch were taken after it was completed.
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not for nothing but who were they?
The Watkins company was started just after the Civil War by a man selling liniments and other home remedies, spices, kitchen products and so on. They expanded and eventually had thousands of door-to-door salesmen selling hundreds of different products; I believe at one time they were one of the largest companies of their kind in the country. They were bought out in the late 1970s, and I think nowadays they've mainly become an online retailer.
I think Basswood has done some work on this house (or at least posted pictures of it.)
Thanks, I remember them now.
Thanks for posting those links.
Some wonderful details in that place...to say the least.
I wish I got to work on that place (just gawked and took pics). I'll see if I can find those pics.
Cheers,
Bass