LU79.5

Print, Photographic

1955 Approximate

New Richland Odd Fellows Hall, Teen Center. 8 1/2" x 6" black and white photo copy from an original photograph, of the interior of the New Richland Odd Fellows Hall, the second floor above Abraham's Grocery and Dry Goods; the hall was open as a "Teen Center" for a few years beginning in 1954; New Richland teenagers are shown socializing; standing in the center are Carol Borchard, Sue Clunis, and Ann Supalla, facing camera at center table is Paul Arnfelt; at the table behind him facing the camera is Clark Borchard.

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.