Black & white 8 x 10 photograph of Pynch Bros. located 100 block east on the Square. c 1890
Back says: Pynch Grocery near Campus Theatre (modern). Early grocers in Ripon shown here in late 1880s where Senior Citizen's Center is today. Louis Pynch later started Ripon Produce Co. which employed Horace Bumby, early president of Speed Queen and founder of Ripon Foods. Brother Jim Pynch became partner in DuVall's Grocery, located then near Campus Theatre.
2017 Note: Not indicated where Sr. Citizen's Center was at time of undated note. Pynch address listed as 111 Main (Watson) in 1893 City Directory. Artifact ladle advertising Pynch Bros. has address in 300 block Watson. Unclear which address is correct for photograph.
Acquisition
Accession
2006.0345
Source or Donor
Ripon Historical Society
Acquisition Method
Gift
Made/Created
Date made
1880 - 1899
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Commercials
Search Terms
Pynch, Main, produce, queen, Watson, DuVall, business
