Company records. 1944-1996 (bulk 1951-1991).

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Company records. 1944-1996 (bulk 1951-1991).

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Records of a Saint Paul-based cash and carry retail lumber yard and hardware business and its predecessors, as well as Knox president Larry Platt's experiences as a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6646506

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Midway-Platt Company (Saint Paul, Minn.)

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Fallon-McElligott (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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Shelter Corporation of America, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.)

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Southwest Forest Industries (Phoenix, Ariz.)

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Midway Lumber Co. (Saint Paul, Minn.)

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Knox Lumber Company

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Knox Lumber Company was founded in 1961 by Larry Platt, Jr. and several associates as a subsidiary of Midway-Platt Company, a Saint Paul-based lumber and hardware wholesaler. Midway-Platt was established in a 1957 merger of Midway Lumber Company and Platt Hardware Company, both founded by Lawrence Platt, Sr. The first Knox store was opened in the Midway area of Saint Paul in October 1961. Additional stores were opened in Brooklyn Park (1964), Burnsville (1967), Little Ca...

Payless Cashways, Inc. (Kansas City, Mo.)

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Platt Hardware Co. (Saint Paul, Minn.)

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