Romano Fruit Stand

ID: 18 ~ Source: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Sanborn Map Company, 1891. ~ Digital source: Library of Congress.

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Map indicates the location of Romano's Fruit State, located at 221 5th Street, shown in green. Outline of fruit stand seen under "Drugs, Oils, and Glass."

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Businesses

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Sanborn Map Company

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This file appears in: Romano Fruit Stand

Romano Fruit Stand

By DMPL Team

According to a Des Moines Register article, Egidio Romano came to Des Moines from Italy by way of Omaha, Kansas City, and then St. Paul. Romano started his fruit stand in Des Moines in 1891 and eventually became the Secretary-Treasurer of the…