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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

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