The records → The Nash-Finch warehouse next to the liquor store, at the earthquake
The records behind this history

The Nash-Finch warehouse next to the liquor store, at the earthquake

Source text as held in the project's files.

Helena as She Was@HelenaHistory
August 29, 2020
The earthquakes which struck the Helena area in October of 1935 were particularly destructive in the Sixth Ward (aka Depot District), since the epicenter was less than a mile east of the Northern Pacific Depot.
Here we see cases of liquor being removed from the shattered State Liquor Warehouse on Bozeman St., adjacent to the Nash-Finch food and beverage distributor warehouse, 1316 Bozeman. The warehouse was managed by the Christie Transfer & Storage Co., hence the Christie pickup truck.
Plans were already underway to build a new warehouse when the earthquakes struck. For more about that familiar 1936 building in Front St., please take the link in the comments below.
Photo by Knudsen & Son, from the Baird Collection...