LU79.2

Print, Photographic

1944 Approximate

Attalla and Bertha Abraham Family. 4 7/8" x 3 1/2" black and white photograph of the Abraham family, posed together outdoors in New Richland, on the occasion of the store's 20th anniversary; identified L-R: (standing) Gladys, Floyd, Bertha, Attalla, Alvina, Clarence; (front) Rose and Vivian. Gladys left New Richland, the other sons and daughters stayed and managed the business together.

New Richland business: Abraham's Cash Store, later Abraham's Grocery and Dry Goods was started by Attalla Abraham in April 1924, with his wife Bertha Abraham; five of their children continued to run the business as partners until 1988, after 64 years of business. Abraham's was located in the I.O.O.F Building or known as the Odd Fellows Hall on Division Street, New Richland, Minn.