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The original Kennard Building, its six stories ranging 96 feet upward to dominate the Elm Street business district, and, indeed, much of the city, was Manchester's finest commercial struc- ture from its erection in 1892 until its destruc- tion by fire only 10 years later. It contained 120 stores, offices and rooms. The Mechanics Savings Bank has occupied the Mechanic Street corner since the structure was rebuilt in 1903.
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The local outlet of Sears, Roebuck and Company, national mail order house, and one of 650 retail stores it oper- ates in all parts of the country, was opened August 17, 1929, at 652 Elm Street. Robert S. Almy is the manager.
The Economy Furniture Company, at 56 Manchester Street, specializes in juvenile furniture, linoleum, and bed- ding. The business was established in 1940 by Murray Samels, owner and manager.
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ty-year-old Central School faces the tical Arts Building s Concord Street. unusual aerial view ue of a series by a news cameraman.
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One of the most celebrated monuments in Manchester is the bronze statue of Lincoln on the lawn on Central High School. The work of John Rogers, sculptor who lived here six years, it was dedicated Memorial Day, 1910. Rogers was the creator of the famous "Rogers Groups," a collection of which was in the rooms of the Institute of Arts and Sciences, then in the original Kennard Building, when it burned in 1902.
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Among the city's leading food stores, Moore's Markets were established in 1917. They are located at 750 Elm Street and 138 Wilson Street, the Elm Street store including a bakery. Howard W. Northridge is president and general manager of the company. Harry Broady manages the Elm Street market and Thomas O'Brian that on Wilson Street.
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A rehabilitation program for the crippled and physically handicapped is carried on by the New Hampshire Society for Crippled Children and Handi- capped Persons. Photos show the Manchester rehabilitation center and store, recently reopened after being swept by fire early in the year, and the orthopedic appliance shop in nearby South Hooksett.
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One of the leading finance service companies in the city and state, the New Hampshire Company occupies a former Amoskeag corpo-
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The Masonic orders had just come to Manchester when it became a city, Lafayette lodge having removed here from Bedford in 1845, when it met in the attic of Dunklee's Block, an early Elm Street landmark. The present building (above) was dedicated May 12, 1933. The Masonic Home, below, at Beech and Salmon Streets, was built in 1903 and enlarged in 1924 with addition of the wings to either side of the original structure.
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Retail store at 1117-1127 Elm, corner Washington. Selling floor space 21,600 square feet, with two connecting warehouses having 35,000 square feet of floor space.
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Moreau's first store, established in 1890 at 421 North Main Street.
The main store be- tween Charles, Bald- win, Spring and Brice Streets has 16,- 000 square feet of display space and a lumberyard of 47,920 square feet.
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One of the Moreau warehouses, corner of Granite and Bedford Streets. This building! has 54,192 square feet! of floor space.
President and general manager of J. J. Moreau & Son, Inc., is former Mayor Arthur E. Moreau.
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Chartered August 30, 1889, St. Anselm's Col- lege is connected with the abbey of the same name, a house of the Order of St. Benedict. Rt. Rev. Bertrand Dolan, O.S.B., was installed as abbot in 1927, directing the religious congre- gation and serving as president of the college.
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The Myrna Shoe Company, Canal and Dow Streets, manu- facturers of novelty shoes for women, started in Manchester in July 1936. The firm is owned by David Shaer, presi- dent, and Samuel Shaer, treas- urer. The building occupied by the firm was once known as the Old Langdon mill.
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The Bruno Pichette Furniture Company occupies all three floors of this building at 1277 Elm Street, where it features in juvenile and gift departments as well as all manner of house furnishings. The company was started in March, 1941.
Spotless Cleansers have their principal place of business at 720-724 Elm Street, above. The company, formed in 1941, also has branches at 434 Lake Av- enue and 28 Amory Street.
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The education of youth always has been a chief concern of the Catholic Church, and parochial schools were instituted early. St. Joseph's High School for boys was founded in 1886 by Rev. Denis M. Bradley, first Bishop of Man- chester, with Rev. Brother Thomas, F.S.C., left, as first principal. Rev. Brother Brendan is its present director.
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The original Manchester Press Club was formed De- cember 3, 1892, and had rooms in the old Pickering Building. It passed out of existence, however, and it was . not until 1937 that a group of Union-Leader news- papermen revived it and se- cured a new charter. The club now has spacious quart- ers in the Towne Block at Elm and Amherst Streets. Photo at left shows a corner of the comfortable lounge. Pictures on the mantel are those of three members who gave their lives in World War II: Col. Frank Knox Secretary of the Navy; Rob ert Linehan and George Quimby.
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The city's oldest Catholic Church is St. Ann's, built in 1852 by Rev. William McDonald (top inset), pioneer of what was to become the Diocese of Manchester. He served as pastor from 1848 until his death in 1885, and also built St. Joseph's Church. Pictured here is the sanctuary. Reproduced in lower inset is a 50-year-old photograph of the church.
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The Mount Royal Club has at 594 Somerville Street one of the finest club houses of its kind in the city. Founded in 1934, its first home was at 657 Somer- ville Street.
Heading the large mem- bership of this club are the officers shown at left. Seated, left to right: Oliva Gingras, treasurer; Joseph Du- quet, vice president, and Edmond Benoit, secret- ary. Standing, Henri Maurier, Germain Ber- geron and Wilfrid Le- clerc, directors. (Pres. Eugene Lessard is miss- ing from the picture). The honor roll shown. lists the names of more than 100 Mount Royal men who served World War II.
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The second Catholic church in Manchester was St. Joseph's, erected in 1869, under the pastorate of Rev. John O'Brien. It became the cathedral of the diocese in 1884, when Most Rev. Denis M. Bradley (lower left), who had been its pastor for four years, was elected as first bishop of the diocese.
Recently added to the grow- ing list of Catholic institutions is the New Hampshire Catholic Charities, Inc., founded under the direction of Most Rev. Matthew F. Brady, fifth bishop of the diocese, with Rev. James McGreal as director. The or- ganization occupies this building at the corner of Concord and Pine Streets.
The owner and staff of the E. H. Griffin Agency are shown here in the main office. Standing, left to right, John W. Dunlap, claims manager; George H. Griffin, owner; J. O. Fremeau and Floyd Willey, associate in real estate department. Seated, front left, Mrs. Mildred W. Turnblom, office manager; left rear, Theresa L. Lacerte, stenographer; right front, Jeannette Cote, sten- ographer, and right rear, Elizabeth A. Mahoney. The portrait on rear wall is that of the late E. H. Griffin.
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The E. H. Griffin Agency at 65 Market Street, founded in 1925 as an insurance agency by the late E. H. Griffin and George H. Griffin, also became the leading travel agency in 1939. Since 1935 the firm has conducted an extensive real estate business.
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Once the home of an im- portant local industry, the F. M. Hoyt Building, on Silver Street, has housed several fed- eral agencies in latter years. During the second World War it was divisional headquarters for the Air Transport Com- mand, and since the removal of that branch of the air forces, early this year, houses the greatly expanded regional offices of the Veterans Administration.
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Coinciding with the city's Centennial, is the 75th anniversary of Manchester's first French Catholic parish, St. Augustine's, founded in 1871 by Rev. J. A. Chevalier (left inset), who built the church, at Beech and Spruce Streets, in 1872. Father Chevalier also erected other parochial buildings, including St. Cecilia's Hall, (right inset). Rev. Aime P. Boire is the present permanent rector.
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The Manchester Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, formed in 1902, has more than 600 members. Its club rooms, originally on Elm Street, are now at 48 Hanover Street. Present officers (above) are: seated, left to right, John H. Lamb, conductor; Charles J. Ringenwald, treasurer; Charles J. McConnell, past worthy president; Thomas J. Griffin, worthy president; Joseph D. Byrne, vice president; Henry St. Jean, worthy chaplain; Wilmot G. Merrill, secretary. Standing, James M. Fannon, trustee; Thomas W. Kearns, outside guard; Francis J. Kearns, inside guard, and Cornelius J. McQueeney, trustee. The Aerie has two charter members, John Levasseur and Daniel Murray. It features services of an Aerie physician for mem- bers and their families, in addition to usual benefits.
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Dominating West Manchester from its position on Notre Dame Avenue, St. Marie's Church serves the largest parish of the French-speaking Catholic population in Manchester. Its tall, graceful spire is readily visible from all parts of the city. The parish was founded in 1879 as the first division of the original French parish of St. Augustine's, and the present church build- ing was erected in 1892. Rev. L. P. Routhier is the pastor at this time.
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As this volume was prepared for press the city's newest and most modern, as well as largest service station neared completion at the corner of Granite and Canal Streets. It is to be the new home of Rice's, which for years had been located at 516 Elm Street. The new location, first the site of the Union depot, and later of an Amoskeag playground, affords the concern three times as much yard space as its previous location.
The Blessed Sacrament Parish was organized in 1907 with the late Rev. Francis X. Lyons as pastor until 1932, followed by Rev. William Cavanaugh, 1933 to 1940. The present church was completed and blessed in 1934, replacing a wooden struc- ture at Elm and Baker Streets which now is used as a club house. Rev. Walter Dee has been pastor since 1940.
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St. George's French parish was founded in 1890 with Rev. Urbain Lamy as first pastor. The Romanesque style church was built in 1893-1894 and the parochial school was . erected in 1898. Present rector is Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. J. E. Devoy.
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The Club Marquette forme the Cour Ste. Marie, organiza Oct. 18, 1897 is one of oldest Franco-American club Manchester. A fraternal social organization it is afı ated with the Association C ado Americaine. The club occupies the Montcalm Hall Montcalm Street, which helped to build with 0
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Officers of the Club quette are Ovila Mondou, pi dent and Ernest Morin, sec ary treasurer in the front with Garcia J. Pellerin, Ho J. Mailhot and Joseph Sa directors, in back. The now has over 550 members
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Chartered as a senior college in 1934, after nearly 75 years as an academy, Mount Saint Mary College for women in nearby Hooksett is under super- vision of Manchester Diocese authorities and directed by The Sisters Of Mercy, whose Mother House is pictured above. It offers courses in Liberal Arts, Commerce, Home Economics and Nursing, the last in con- junction with Sacred Heart Hospital here. At left is a 50- year old picture of the schools original home in this city.
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The New Hampshire Finance Corporation, organized in 1924, occupies at 70 Market Street one of the most attractive business buildings in the city. Walter B. McGregor is president and treasurer of the company.
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St. Raphael's Church was founded when Bishop Bradley invited the Order of St. Benedict to Manchester for mis- sionary and educational work in 1887 and Rev. Sylvester Joerg, O.S.B., was sent here as first pastor. The parish building, which combined church, school and rectory, was completed in March, 1889. The present pastor is Rev. Ray- mond Burns, O.S.B.
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Saint Mary's Bank, La Caisse Populaire Sainte-Marie, is the oldest institution of its type in the United States, having been estab- lished in 1909, and one of the most prosperous, with assets of more than $3,700,000 and a 28 per cent increase in deposits registered in 1945. It occupies its present building at the junction of Main and Amory Streets since 1930. Inset, its old quarters in the former Cercle Davignon building. Arthur L. Prince is president of the bank, and Raoul E. Hebert is treasurer and manager.
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Home of Merrimack Feeds, the mill of the Merrimack Farmers' Exchange, Inc., is lo- cated in Bow. Local outlet of the cooperative is the store at 377 Elm Street.
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The French parish of St. Jean Bap- tiste, the second in West Manchester, was founded in 1912 and the church and school building erected the follow- ing year. Rev. Alphee J. Leclerc, was the first pastor. Rev. Napoleon J. Gil- bert has been pastor since Feb., 1941.
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One of the most widely knows restaurants in Manchester is Lee's, a 42 Hanover Street. Opened in 1933 Lee's is owned and operated by Lee Sing Foo. Above is pictured the spa- cious and comfortable lounge, and al left, the air-conditioned dining room!
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St. Teresa's Church and school building on Mitchell Street was built in 1927, when it was a mission of St. Augustine's parish. A new parish was created in October, 1934, with Rev. L. A. Ramsay as first pastor. Rev. Doria Desruis- seaux is pastor since 1941.
St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church and rectory at Lowell and Walnut Streets were erected in 1908. Rev. Myroslav Leschynsky is the pastor.
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A leader among general trucking companies making their headquarters in Manchester is Robert's Express, Inc., established in 1931 and which, as this volume neared printing, was preparing to move its terminal from its old head- quarters at 27-45 Cedar Street, right, to a new garage and yard at Hayward and Pine Streets, pictured below with some of the firm's equipment. President and general manager is Aime V. Plante, with Mrs. Eugenie B. Plante as secret- ary-treasurer, and Robert G. Plante as vice-president. The company operates throughout an area extending from Maine to Pennsylvania.
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Manchester's oldest general hospital, the Elliot (above) was built in 1889 and has been extensively remodeled and enlarged, to make it one of the most modern and completely equipped in this section of the country for its size. The city Health Department operates the Isolation Hospital, (below) located on Mam- moth Road, for the treatment of contagious diseases. These buildings were erected in 1918 but the hospital itself was in operation, in three cottages at Derryfield Park, as early as 1885.
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Officers of the New Hamp- shire Shoe Workers Union, In- dependent, the largest in the city, are Edward J. Mooney, president, and Walter J. Dobek, vice president, seated, and Dominique O. Coulon, secret- ary-treasurer, with Francis J. Mara business agent. The union was organized in September 1941, and now has 2200 mem- bers employed in seven shoe plants in the city.
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Serving on the Board of Trustees of the union are Oscar J. Proulx, chairman, and Ernest A. Harris, seated; Paul H. Daniels and John H. Harrison, standing, in addition to Berthel Johnson, William T. Mara and Euclide Gilbert.
The union's conference board is made up of eight members. Those in this picture are Thomas Thibeault, Germaine Lynch and Romeo Pare, seated; Kenneth Lang and Albert W. Beaudette. Others are John Tsatsa, Mona Moreau and Frank A. Smith.
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From nearly every point in the city, City Hall tower is an inescapable landmark today, as it was when first erected a century ago. Above is a view looking North on Elm Street from the roof of the Pembroke Building. At left, a view from the corner of Hanover and Chestnut Streets, and above that an old picture looking South from above Amherst Street.
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The Eastern Refrigeration Service at 593 Elm Street was established in 1938 by Charles Tsiatsias. This company specializes in house- hold and commercial refrigerating equipment of all types and in servicing refrigerators.
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the Charles H. Morse Motor Com- pany, local Dodge and Ply- mouth car dealer, occupies this large, modern structure at 922 Beech Street. Charles H. Morse is the proprietor.
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As main county seat Manchester harbors most of the administra- tive activities of Hillsborough County. The Court House and Ad- ministrative Building on Market Street, pictured above, was erected in 1905 and replaced a 50-year-old structure on West Merrimack Street which now is occupied principally by the Manchester Water Works and Health Department. The county jail on Valley Street was built in 1863. Smaller pictures show same buildings 50 years ago.
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John Harko, former New England Featherweight box- ing champion, fought the best of them from 1926 to 1936. He trained the best of them from 1942 to 1945 as boxing instructor in the Navy, serving as a chief specialist. Now he referees for the best of them in addition to conducting a tire retreading business at 569 Elm Street.
Manchester is the home of one state correctional institution, the New Hampshire State Industrial School, located North of Stark Park, on North River Road, where it overlooks the Merrimack and beyond to the Uncanoonucs. The old main building, abore, was erected in 1858.
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