Raton Grocery Store Records 1907-1938

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Raton Grocery Store Records 1907-1938

The Raton Grocery Store Records consist of fifteen ledgers and notebooks pertaining to the operations of a grocery and mercantile business in Raton, New Mexico, 1907-1938.

15 volumes

eng,

spa,

ara,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6403868

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Azar, R. H. (Richard H.)

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The records in this collection show that the Azar Brothers, and later younger Azars, were involved in running a mercantile and grocery business in Raton, New Mexico between 1907 and 1938; the business may have existed before and after those dates. No specific business name is listed in any of the records although named in a few of the ledger books are R.H. Azar, Azar Brothers, and Elias Azar. Records from the 1920 New Mexico census show that Richard H. Azar lived in Raton with his w...

Charles Ilfeld Company

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Charles Ilfeld, born in Homburg, Germany in 1847, arrived in Santa Fe, N.M. in 1865. After working as a clerk for the mercantile business of Elsberg and Amberg he relocated to Taos to work for Adolph Letcher. In 1867 the Adolph Letcher and Company moved to Las Vegas, N.M., where Charles became a partner in the firm. Seven years later, Letcher sold his interest to Ilfeld, who changed the name of the business to Charles Ilfeld Company. Ilfeld's business eventually grew into the largest mercantile ...