An ice cream emporium Rochester ice cream lovers were all smiles when Schwen's Ice Cream Emporium (upper) opened its doors the summer of 1953 at 116 South Broadway, formerly Daly Liquor store. Clarence Akermant managed the store for company headquarters in Blue Earth, MN. Schwen's serviced about 300 stores in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. The entrance to Doubletree Hotel by Hilton now occupies this site (right.) Next week: A bird's-eye view from the forties Lens on History is a weekly photo feature by Cindy Scott, a volunteer at the History Center of Olmsted County. Thanks to the HCOC Research Center and Archive for this photo.
Rochester ice cream lovers were all smiles when Schwen's Ice Cream Emporium (upper) opened its doors the summer of 1953 at 116 South Broadway, formerly Daly Liquor store.
Clarence Akermant managed the store for company headquarters in Blue Earth. Schwen's serviced about 300 stores in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. The entrance to Doubletree Hotel by Hilton now occupies this site (below).
Next week: A bird's-eye view from the '40s
An ice cream emporium Rochester ice cream lovers were all smiles when Schwen's Ice Cream Emporium (upper) opened its doors the summer of 1953 at 116 South Broadway, formerly Daly Liquor store. Clarence Akermant managed the store for company headquarters in Blue Earth, MN. Schwen's serviced about 300 stores in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. The entrance to Doubletree Hotel by Hilton now occupies this site (right.) Next week: A bird's-eye view from the forties Lens on History is a weekly photo feature by Cindy Scott, a volunteer at the History Center of Olmsted County. Thanks to the HCOC Research Center and Archive for this photo.
