LU33.5

Print, Photographic

1930 Approximate

McLoone, Bathke & Brown Farm Implement Building. 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" black and white photograph of the Waseca business, McLoone, Bathke & Brown, a farm implement store; faced Elm Avenue east; shown here displaying metal wheeled tractors; identified far right to left: John Barbknecht, Leonard Mittelstaedt, William Bathke, (father of L. W. "Dutch" Bathke, and son of August and Caroline Bathke); photographed by Lewis, Waseca, Minn.; identified left of McLoone, Bathke & Brown is the shoe repair shop operated by Mr. Grundman, the only shoe shop in Waseca for many years; see the boot shaped sign outside.

Waseca business: McLoone, Bathke & Brown Farm Store. Waseca Herald, 14 Nov 1912: Moen & Dahl bought the Weighmaster’s office at the rear of the old City Hall and have moved it to the lot adjoining Breen’s blacksmith shop on Elm street. They conducted their shoe repairing business in that building. This is the same building noted in the photo above. The 1910 Sanborn Map, show the small building on 2nd Avenue NW, just off of East Elm Avenue. The 1919 Sanborn Map, shows the same building in its new location on East Elm and was called a Cobble Shop. This building was located next to the old Thrifty White Drug Store on East Elm Avenue. Back in the day, it was west of Breen’s business, which was on the corner. Gregorius Moen and David Dahl were partners in the shoe making business for over 40 years. The 40-year partnership was featured in the Waseca Journal, 14 September 1927. Before moving the building and the business to East Elm Avenue, their business was located at the rear of the building known as Johnson Variety. The business was dissolved when Mr. Moen passed away in December, 1927, as noted in Mr. Dahl’s obituary in March of 1930. Paul Grundman resided in Waseca during the 1940 Federal census and was Proprietor of a Shoe Repair business. On the census he stated he lived in Faribault in 1935 and was also there during the 1930 Federal census. He purchased the business sometime after 1927. Mr. Moen and Mr. Dahl had a long history of business together and many years of it was in this building.