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This post was updated Jan. 18, 2021 to include additional details about the store.
This is Hofland’s Groceteria, year unknown, close to Christmas. The store was at 45 Main St. East, which would have been where the Algonquin Theatre is today. Among the wares on display are boxes of Peak Freen’s biscuits (lower right), Brazil nuts (centre) for 19 cents per pound, Salada tea, and what looks like Campbell’s soup tins on some of the shelves. Can you identify anything else? (Photo courtesy of the Muskoka Heritage Place collection)
Max Hofland opened Hofland’s Groceteria April 20, 1935. Before that he was the manager of the Dominion Stores Limited. It appears to have become Muskoka Groceteria late 1937/early 1938. Last mention of Hofland’s Groceteria seems to be Oct 1937. Max and his wife moved out of Huntsville May/June 1940. (Details courtesy of Muskoka Heritage Place)
Last week we shared this photo:
Check out that snow! Hans Nischan, former and long-time general manager at Hidden Valley Highlands Ski Area, is shoulder-deep in the white stuff. Behind Hans are the old t-bar and red chair stations. (Photo courtesy of Hidden Valley Highlands Ski Area)
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