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Haroldhird
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Long-time employee of the Poehler Mercantile Company, 1925. The photo shows Harold H. Hird standing beside his new truck. Mr. Hird worked for the Poehler Mercantile Company from 1925 to 1945 as superintendency of the warehouse; receiving clerk; maintence of warehouse(electrical, plumbing,heating and elevator equipment. He also drove his delivery truck on a 90 mile route.

Photo courtesy Chris Isern.
Related links:
Germania Publishing Co. Stock Certificate
Poehler Merchantile Company
Type: image
Project: WJHS Grant
Temporal coverage: 1940
Spacial coverage: Poehler Mercantile Company
Creator: Bonnie Buchheim Hird
Contributor(s): Chris Hird Isern
Object date:1942
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