Copyright	Oshkosh Public Museum
Description	Gelatin print on tan cardstock of Edgar W. Viall in front of his grocery store.
Medium	Cardstock/Photographic Paper/Ink
Notes	Outdoor view of Edgar W. Viall in front of his grocery store. The store was located at #81 Main Street. Edgar Sr. stands at right wearinf a long full beard, his son Edgar Jr. stands at left. Produce is on a bench at left and the store window shows stacks of boxes. Edgar W. Viall, Sr. was born in Lake County, Ohio October 7, 1834. He married Mary A. Wilson in 1855 and the couple had two sons: Edgar, Jr. and Fred W. In 1857 he was clerking with James E. Kennedy in a grocery store in Cleveland and in 1858 they opened a grocery on Main Street Oshkosh until 1872, when Viall operated the business alone. In 1864 the also operated a wholesale grocery business and wharehouse. In 1885 he retired and sold the business to his brother Fred Viall. In 1884 he purchasd the "Oshkosh Times" newspaper with C. W. Felker. He died in 1902. Edgar W. Viall, Jr. was born in Oshkosh, WI March 25, 1871. Worked for his father in the grocery business, Wisconsin Telephone Company, and was a deputy US Marshall. He married Irene Haben. Died in San Jose, CA July 5, 1935.
Object ID	P2004.17.3
Object Name	Cabinet Card
People	Viall, Edgar W., Sr. Viall, Edgar W., Jr.
Place	Oshkosh, WI
Print size	4.25" x 6.5"
Subjects	Oshkosh Streets Grocers Grocery stores Pioneers Newspapers Newspaper editors Small Commercial Enterprises Group Photographs Male Fathers & children
Title	William Wallace Wright
Year Range from	1876
Year range to	1884

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