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S.S. Mattison & Co. Dealers in Hardware, etc

Found this ad on flickr.com

http://www.flickr.com/photos/monicayontef/1388343006/in/photostream/

Anyone know when, where Mattison & Co. had their store?

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An alert reader sent me the answer to my question - many thanks to Alexandra Stocker!

According to E.E. Carpenter’s recollections of thirty years prior to 1903 (serially published in the Morris Chronicle, 11 Feb to 1 Jul 1903):

“The next building was Willis Bunn’s hardware store (Naylor Co.) with its broad front steps and it doesn’t take much stretch of the imagination now to see Willis with his knife and pine stick enjoying his leisure hours whittling. This store was a great center for the discussion of all questions local and national, and Mr. Bunn always had his opinions and wasn’t afraid to express them. … Mr. Bunn went out of business about the year 1880, and was succeeded by his son-in-law S.S. Matteson, who in company with Jas. E. and William M. Cooke, moved the store over to the store adjoining the Bank of J.E. Cooke & Co.

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