First Avenue in the 1920s

First Avenue in the 1920s.

The enlarged and cropped postcard above looks east on First Avenue North from Roberts Street in 1920. Enlargements of each side of the street are below.

First Avenue in the 1920s.

On the south side of the street, business signs we can see include (from right to left):

  • YMCA
  • Improvement Building
  • Dairy Lunch
  • Grand Theater
  • B.P.O.E.

First Avenue in the 1920s.

On the north side of the street, business signs we can see include (from left to right):

  • Pioneer Life Building is the large, long building on the corner housing Hodgson Realty ("Even the Birds Own Their Own House"); L. Levin, Jeweler; a craft shop; and Fargo Toggery
  • Herbert Hodge (land, loans, insurance)
  • Greenshields Co. (plumbing and heating)
  • Stone's Piano Company (with the flagpole)
  • a hat shop
  • rooms for rent
  • Hotel Donaldson
  • Masonic Temple (with the cupola)
  • Telephone Company