Plumb & Nelson

Date

• 1900-1909

Summary

• Julius C. Nelson at his desk at 717 Chicago Street in 1904. Nelson was the senior partner of Plumb & Nelson, wholesale grocers. First noted in the 1880 city directory, the business was incorporated in 1888 by W.W. Nelson and J. E. Plumb with $100,000 capital. Later family members involved in the business were Ralph Plumb and William Nelson in 1909.