Thanks! I am looking forward to getting that photo!! The address 513 is the corner of State St. and Hege (pronounced hayge) Avenue. I think the building faces State Street.This is from 1917 dir. It is still there (as of last June) it is now Discount Bob's Cigar store. I also looked for the following addresses: 120 State Street (Charles H. Snyders address in 1917) it is gone/ 601 Hege Ave(Edgar H. and Myrtle M Snyder lived in 1917) it is gone also. My grandfather Ed Snyder's restaurant called "Ed's Blue Bird Sandwich Shop" in the 1940's, was at 318 State Street,(SE corner of Reo & State) and is now a Swifty's Station. I have a few pictures of M.U.Snyder and Sarah Jane, also some decendents, have I shared these with you yet? I have not been on a message board like this, if I attach a picture here, can everyone have it? Jennie & Bob Cox <robert21003@cox.net> wrote: Does anybody have access to city directories for Columbus, IN (Bartholomew County) for about 1910? I am attempting to date and document a photograph passed down in my family depicting an establishment with the sign "M.U. Snyder the Grocer." I believe this photograph was taken about 1910, since the 1910 US census lists the occupation of Marion U. Snyder as grocer, working on his own account. Also, living very near M.U. Snyder in 1910 was his sister Addie C. Snyder and her husband Louis (also spelled Lewis) Franklin Brooks. In the 1910 census, Louis F. Brooks' occupation is listed as "grocery" and he is an employee. Louis Franklin Brooks is standing in front of the grocery store; he is the middle-aged portly gentleman wearing mustaches and a vest (2nd man from the right). In the 1900 census, Louis F. Brooks is listed as a tannery operator and in the 1920 census he is listed as being in real estate sales; he died in 1921 (he was born in September 1861). That is why I estimate the photograph as dating from about 1910. I do not know the exact street address of this building -- but the street number 513 is clearly visible in the photograph -- I would like to have the correct street name and any other information which may have appeared in a city directory. The family of Marion Ulysses Snyder lived in east Columbus and Hope at various times, so the grocery business, which I understand operated for 26 years, could have been in either town (but probably in Columbus). Also, approximately what range of years was it in operation? Also, if anybody is connected to this particular Brooks family, please contact me -- so far, haven't located anybody doing research on this particular line, even though Louis' parents had at least 8 children. The parents of Louis Franklin Brooks were John Brooks, born abt 1840 in IN, and Nancy Catharine Lowe, also born about 1840 in either KY or IN; his siblings were born from about 1863 through 1879 and were named, in birth order: Laurence E., John, Warren M., Horatio, Maggie, Stella A., and Hurschel. I do not have any other information on this Brooks line (their parents, marriages, children, etc.). I do have complete information for the descendants of Louis Franklin Brooks and Addie C. Snyder (their only child who survived beyond early childhood was my paternal grandmother, Kathryn Brooks, wife of George Earl Perry, Sr.). Lisa, I am sending you a copy of this photograph via snail-mail. Should go out in the mail before Christmas! Bye, Virginia Perry Cox ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Shannon" To: Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 3:54 PM Subject: [INBARTHO] Snyder sandwich shop or cafe > My grandfather, Ed Snyder, owned a couple of restaurants while he lived in > Columbus. One I think was called the Blue Bird Cafe, another maybe Snyders > Drive In, I am not sure now, I am going from memory. My mother, Nancy Jane > Snyder, worked after school there during the early 1940's. My mother and > grandfather are both gone now, and I would like to hear from people who > may have eaten there, been friends with them, and maybe has a good story > to share with me. I would love to hear from anyone who remembers this > place. > > To go even further back, my great grandfather Marion Ulysses Snyder and > his wife Sarah Jane (Hitchcock) Snyder owned or managed a grocery store > for many years somewhere between Hope and Columbus. Does anyone have any > info on that? 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