|
National
Biscuit Company Factory • 1308
Boulder Ave.
Built 1894 •
Part of the Building Still Stands
COURTESY
OF DAVE DUBÉ
| The American
Biscuit Company opened this factory in Helena on Boulder Avenue
in 1894. In 1898, the National Biscuit Company (Na-Bis-Co) was
formed from the consolidation of the American Biscuit Company,
the New York Biscuit Company, and the United States Baking Company.
|
Nabisco
Factory, Early 1900s
Delivery
Wagons, circa 1900
$12.00/week in
1919 is about $160.00/week in today's money.
1930
Sanborn Insurance Map
1935
Earthquake Damage
View looking southeast, October 23 1935
COURTESY OF THE SEAN LOGAN COLLECTION • CLICK
ON IMAGE FOR A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
| The Sixth
Ward (depot district) where this building is located, was hit
especially hard by the 1935 quakes. At the time of the quakes,
this facility functioned primarily as a distribution center. |
Views
looking Southwest, Oct. 18 1935
THE WES AND CAROL SYNNESS COLLECTION
View
Looking West on Boulder Ave., Nov. 10 1935
COURTESY
OF THE SEAN LOGAN COLLECTION • CLICK ON IMAGE
FOR A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
Reconstruction,
1936
COLLECTION
OF KENNON BAIRD •
CLICK ON IMAGE FOR A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
View
Looking West on Boulder Ave., 2011
PHOTO
BY KENNON BAIRD •
CLICK ON IMAGE FOR A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
Go
back to STORES, OFFICES, ETC.
|
