People of the Past

Who was downtown in turn-of-the-century Faribault?

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A Popcorn Vendor

Judson Davis, a popcorn vendor, parked his wagon on 2nd Street, just west of Central Avenue, in about 1900.

Storekeepers and Shoppers

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Inside and out, storekeepers and clerks attracted shoppers with displays of wares. The proud owners and employees of the Plante Grocery on 3rd Street offered customers a wide variety of household products and foods in baskets, barrels and boxes, including Crackerjack packages in a box (photo below) bearing the slogan “The more you eat, the more you want.”

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Barbers

Ben Day operated a barbershop that served some of Faribault’s most prominent male citizens. An ad in the Faribault Republican in December, 1872 announced:
“Prof. Ben Day has secured the services of two first-class tonsorial artists, and he can now insure satisfaction in every respect. Three chairs running every day and evening. Admission ten cents. Corner Main and Second Streets.”