1902 Ada businessmen
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Here's photos of business owners in neighoring Ada in 1902.
Ada business people, top row from left, Cylde Sharp, cashier, First National Bank; Louis Greer, shoes; Jos. August, variety store; Cliff F. Landon, druggist; Ray Sharp, millinery.
Second row from left, O.S. Melhorn, grocery, Wm. McCafferty, meat market; Louis Brewer, grain and implements; M.S. King, bargain store; John Young, druggist.
Bottom row from left, M.L. Snyder, University Herald; Levi Anspach, Ada Lumber Co.; Clark Provenmire, grocer; and David Watt, jeweler.
From "Ada and the O.N.U. ...the new and the old photo-gravures. 1902." (From the collection of Robert Barnett)
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