I recently came across two photos of a couple strong Duluth women in an unidentified Duluth hardware store on Minnesota Reflections. There is no accurate date or known specific location (there is a guesstimate year span on this one of 1918-1925, which seems quite unlikely due to their stylish high-collar/big sleeve clothing). Who were they? What year was this? And would they tolerate any nonsense? Unlikely.
This second photo appears to show the other side of the same store, with the same woman behind the counter. The guesstimate for this year was 1900 (perhaps more likely). Any historic Duluth Hardware Store experts out there?
