Falk-Bloch Mercantile Company, Ltd. (Boise, Idaho) records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0026
Summary
Financial ledgers and customer accounts of a Boise department store. Includes papers of branch stores in Nampa and La Grande, Oregon, and correspondence relating to the Boise-Winnemucca Railway and other company-owned enterprises.
Dates
- Creation: 1888 - 1937
Biographical Note
Leo J. Falk, son of a pioneer Boise merchant, was born September 24, 1882. He married Helen Friendly, February 3, 1914. For over 25 years he managed Falk stores. He built the Owyhee Hotel in 1910 and was president until 1946. Falk died on September 13, 1955.
Extent
24 Cubic Feet (5 record boxes, 52 oversize ledgers.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Group
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Idaho State Archives Manuscript Collections Repository