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That's going to be a bit of a problem to attribute. Assuming it is from the St. Paul area and say, about 1905, I looked in the classified business directory of the 1905 St. Paul City Directory for a saloon-keeper with first initial C. and last name starting with Sp. No joy. Backing up to 1902 - likewise. 1900 ditto. Giving up on going back in time, I went to 1907 and may have found paydirt: Charles Spilker - Saloon - e s Concord 11 s of Grand Av South St. Paul. That translates to East side of Concord, 11 doors south of Grand Avenue in South St. Paul. The 1908 City Directory has the same thing, only he was 13 doors south. 1909 has the same as 1908. He is not listed in 1911 and I don't have access to 1910. In the 1900 Census he is listed in Inver Grove as "saloon keeper and in 1912 he is shown as "saloon & boarding house". He died 12 Aug 1915.
Now, I can't say for absolute certain that this is a good attribution, but it has a couple of things going for it. I am going to run it by the Minnesota token cataloger to get his opinion - I will let you know what he has to say. Would you be willing to post it, or let me post your pics, on tokencatalog.com?
John in the Great 208
That's going to be a bit of a problem to attribute. Assuming it is from the St. Paul area and say, about 1905, I looked in the classified business directory of the 1905 St. Paul City Directory for a saloon-keeper with first initial C. and last name starting with Sp. No joy. Backing up to 1902 - likewise. 1900 ditto. Giving up on going back in time, I went to 1907 and may have found paydirt: Charles Spilker - Saloon - e s Concord 11 s of Grand Av South St. Paul. That translates to East side of Concord, 11 doors south of Grand Avenue in South St. Paul. The 1908 City Directory has the same thing, only he was 13 doors south. 1909 has the same as 1908. He is not listed in 1911 and I don't have access to 1910. In the 1900 Census he is listed in Inver Grove as "saloon keeper and in 1912 he is shown as "saloon & boarding house". He died 12 Aug 1915.
Now, I can't say for absolute certain that this is a good attribution, but it has a couple of things going for it. I am going to run it by the Minnesota token cataloger to get his opinion - I will let you know what he has to say. Would you be willing to post it, or let me post your pics, on tokencatalog.com?
John in the Great 208
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I suspect this may be our guy Charley: http://us-census.mooseroots.com/l/498957271/Charley-Spilker
Charley Spilker - 1900 Census Record Invergrove Township, Dakota County, Minnesota, United States
Charley Spilker lived in Dakota County, Minnesota in 1900. He was the head of the household, 48 years old, and identified as white. Charley was born in Germany around 1852, and both of his parents were born in Germany as well. In 1900, Charley was married to Mary Spilker, and they had five children named Mary, Charley, Gertrude, Clara, and Annie. He immigrated to the United States in 1878.
Here's the listing on tokencatalog:
South Saint Paul, Minnesota (Dakota County), U.S.A. [CA1]
B OCT ?
[CA1]
C. SP.
GOOD FOR / 5¢ / AT BAR
TC-486811 *** Image courtesy of and collection of "Iron Buzz"*** Dug in vacant lot on Concord Ave in Inver Grove Heights, near South St. Paul, MN. 1907 St. Paul, MN City Directory: Charles Spilker - Saloon - e s Concord 11 s of Grand Av South St. Paul. (East side of Concord, 11 doors south of Grand Avenue in South St. Paul.) The 1908 & 1909 City Directories have the same thing, only he was 13 doors south. In the 1900 Census he is listed in Inver Grove as "saloon keeper" and in 1910 he is shown as "saloon & boarding house". He died 12 Aug 1915.
Instead of the guys name, could the SP simply stand for Saint Paul? Maybe it was short for "Cheers in Saint Paul" or something similar.
Iron--at the time, ~1907-1910, was the location of Spilker's saloon in South St. Paul, Inver Grove, or what?
John
Instead of the guys name, could the SP simply stand for Saint Paul? Maybe it was short for "Cheers in Saint Paul" or something similar.