Changing Main Street

Family-owned businesses on Main Street evolved to meet changing demand for products. Stoner's Novelty Store shows this pattern: Albert Stoner built the structure in 1899 as a tinsmith workshop and store, and in the 1920s his son Frank expanded the inventory to include bicycle parts and postcards of local attractions, reflecting growing interest in recreation and tourism. By the 1930s, as motoring on the Lincoln Highway became popular, Stoner's began selling Atlantic Richfield gasoline. In the 1960s, the inventory expanded again to include fine giftware.

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