Abstract	Samuel N. "Sam" Haddad is pictured in the interior of the Haddad's Valet Service/Haddad's Dry Cleaners and is the first person on the left behind the counter. The businesses was located at 306 Main Street in La Crosse, Wisconsin, from circa 1932-1935 and then changed names to Haddad's Cleaners and relocated to 312 Main Street in 1936, remaining at that site under Sam's ownership until 1961 when the business was sold to others but maintained the Haddad name. The dry cleaners also included shoe shining and repair, clothes pressing, tailoring and hat cleaning services.
Abstract	Samuel N. "Sam" or "Speed" Haddad was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1904 to Lebanese American parents Nimer and Tamame Haddad. He married Violetta M. Storey in 1924 and they had four children. Haddad was involved in the retail cleaning business from roughly 1928-1961 when he sold his interests in his store locations and went into the restaurant business, opening the Third Street Coney Island at 107 South Third Street. He retired from business in 1977 and died in La Crosse in 1982.
Abstract	Violetta M. (Storey) Haddad was born in North Port, Wisconsin, in 1904 to parents Harry and Amelia (Bougard) Storey. Together with her husband, Samuel N. Haddad, she worked in the ownership and management of Haddad's Cleaners and then with the Third Street Coney Island restaurant. She died in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1993.
Alternative title	cp019-005
Owner	La Crosse Public Library
	Mary Schumacher
Type of resource	still image
Genre	picture
Genre authority	marcgt
Date captured	2018-03-01
Language	eng
Width	1.65
Height	1.17
Subject topic	Syrian Americans--Wisconsin--La Crosse Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Haddad's Dry Cleaners (La Crosse, WIs.) Authority: Local
Subject topic	Lebanese Americans--Wisconsin--La Crosse Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Family-owned business enterprises--Wisconsin--La Crosse Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Haddad, Samuel N., 1904-1982 Authority: Local
Subject topic	Buildings--Interior Authority: Local
Subject topic	People--Groups Authority: Local
Subject topic	Retail businesses Authority: Local
Subject geographic	Country: United States State: Wisconsin County: La Crosse City: La Crosse
Subject topic	Main Street--300 block Authority: Local
Subject temporal	1930s
Subject topic	Haddad's Valet Service (La Crosse, Wis.) Authority: Local
Subject topic	Retail businesses Authority: Local
Note	The La Crosse Public Library does not own the original image but was given permission from the donor to share this image.
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Collection	Area Historical Photographs / Businesses
ID	7b955ea8-0fae-4c23-9130-8822f234971c/wlac0000/20230720/00000019