The Culver Hardware
Hardware Store
Hardware Store
The Hardware Store was an early fixture in Culver; this picture was taken at its location on the corner of Main and Jefferson Streets in 1903.
Goss Hardware
Goss Hardware
A May, 1910 photo of the interior of the Goss hardware in downtown Culver, later owned by the Snyder family (for most of the 20th century and into the 21st), on the east side of the south block of downtown Main Street.
Dan Weirick 1935 Maxinkuckee Fish and Game Club Membership Card 02
Dan Weirick 1935 Maxinkuckee Fish and Game Club Membership Card 02
An artifact from Jim Weirick's collection showing both sides of his father, Dan's membership in the Maxinkuckee Fish and Game Club, from 1935. The card was purchased at O.T. Goss's hardware (more recently owned by Bill Snyder in the same location) on South Main Street.
Dan Weirick 1935 Maxinkuckee Fish and Game Club Membership Card 01
Dan Weirick 1935 Maxinkuckee Fish and Game Club Membership Card 01
An artifact from Jim Weirick's collection showing both sides of his father, Dan's membership in the Maxinkuckee Fish and Game Club, from 1935. The card was purchased at O.T. Goss's hardware (more recently owned by Bill Snyder in the same location) on South Main Street.
Goss Hardware
Goss Hardware
The Goss Hardware store in two views. First, the interior (above) and then a view from Main Street (below). The Goss was located at the site of today's hardware store on Main Street, before the business was sold to the Snyder family. It was owned by Goss through the early years of the twentieth century.
O.T. GossO.T. Goss
O.T. GossO.T. Goss
A 1939 Culver Citizen profile of O.T. Goss, owner of Culver's first hardware store (in the same location as today's owned by Bill Snyder). This feature was one of a series the newspaper ran in 1939, profiling local businessmen. More will be added to the website.