Neighborhood Markets
Charles Storer’s west side food Market on Westwood Street was the predecessor to Lartry’s Market, owned by Larry Golding.
How many naughty kids from davis middle school sneaked down to Larry’s for a candy bar or bottle of pop during lunch hour!
Hemlock lake grocery Owner Bert Storer also offered gas and bait
Burnett’s grocery store in osseo, showing echo ash and john mcneal, meat butter.
the early days of the H,W, samm store on howell street, with Ord Letherer, George perry and hubert samm. the samm building remained in the same family for approximately 100 years,
The 1870 Hillsdale City Directory advertised twenty grocery stores within the city at that time.
The H.W. Samm building remained in the same family for a century. On the second floor of this building Mrs. Marie Isley gave piano lessons to the youth of the area.
The Spencer’s Grocery on St. Joe Street in HIllsdale c. 1907.
Croose Meat Market on Broad Street
It wasn’t unusual for markets to advertise their meat and poultry by hanging it so it could be seen by passersby. How would you like to buy it after it had been coated by the road dust and warmed by the sun!!!
another Broad street market with poultry hanging from the porch. Yuch!
Carol A. Lackey