Frentz Hardware History

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The old front of Frentz and Sons Hardware looking east from Catalpa Dr. Notice the streetcar tracks in the street. If you look close in the store window to the right of the doors you will see a sign with NRA on it. No, that’s not for the National Rifle Association but, the National Recovery Act established during the Great Depression.

Hardware clerks pose for a snapshot after a winter snowstorm around 1945

The old front of Frentz and Sons, circa 1943 looking east from Catalpa Dr.

George W. Frentz - Our Dad at the service counter around 1945