This postcard image shows the Fred W. Erickson grocery store at 2029 and 2031 W. Third St. in Duluth.
The building was constructed in 1899 according to the St. Louis County assessor’s property details. It still stands; a current photo is below.
In recent decades the building has not had a noticeable commercial tenant.
Another old image of the building is shown above. It’s from the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections at the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Kathryn A. Martin Library and is listed as circa 1920.
Comments on the Perfect Duluth Day post “Mystery Photo: Duluth Grocers” indicate Gust Hjelm operated a grocery store at this location in the 1930s and ’40s. Decades earlier he was a clerk at the Erickson & Kjall grocery at 2001 W. Second St. Presumably the Erickson of Erickson & Kjall is the same Fred W. Erickson whose name is on the store that is the subject of this post.
Below is another 2024 photo of the building, attempting to mimic the circa 1920 shot.
