Third Street Coney Island Restaurant - 2 |
Abstract | Violetta M. (Storey) Haddad on the left in the back and her husband Samuel N. "Sam" Haddad in the foreground are pictured behind the counter area of their restaurant Third Street Coney Island restaurant in late 1960 that was known in the early days as the New Coney Island Sandwich Shop at 107 South Third Street. |
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 | cp019-009 |
Owner | La Crosse Public Library |
Mary Schumacher | |
Type of resource | still image |
Genre | picture |
Genre authority | marcgt |
Place of publication | La Crosse, Wis. |
Date captured | 2018-03-01 |
Language | eng |
Width | 1.65 |
Height | 1.17 |
Subject topic | Syrian Americans--Wisconsin--La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Third Street Coney Island (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 | Retail businesses Authority: Local |
Subject geographic | Country: United States State: Wisconsin County: La Crosse City: La Crosse |
Subject topic | Third Street--100 block south Authority: Local |
Subject temporal | 1960s |
Subject topic | Haddad, Violetta M. Storey, 1904-1993 Authority: Local |
Subject topic | People-Groups 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. |
Use and reproduction restrictions | This item has been made available for educational purposes only and may be protected by copyright law. The user is responsible for all issues of copyright. |
Collection | Area Historical Photographs / Businesses |
ID | 7b955ea8-0fae-4c23-9130-8822f234971c/wlac0000/20230720/00000023 |