Throwback Thursday: Barnes Auto becoming the Truck Store
Throwback Thursday: Barnes Auto becoming the Truck Store Steve Harmon Today's installment of Throwback Thursday takes us to the unit block of South Washington on the west side. The Barnes brothers, Harry and Clarence, started an auto parts business in 1918 in the old Woodmen Insurance building at 22 West Sherman. Business went so well they expanded into 24 W. Sherman in 1919. Harry eventually left the business and Clarence kept expanding the business to include an installation and auto salvage division. In 1937, the Clickner Const. Co. built Barnes a new modern business building at 15-25 ...
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