Local Business

ID: 1361 ~ Source: Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: People & Times: 3M & Saint Paul’s East Side

Swanson's Drug stood at the corner of Arcade and East 7th Streets, two bustling corridors lined with local businesses.

This file appears in: People & Times: 3M & Saint Paul’s East Side

People & Times: 3M & Saint Paul’s East Side

By Marjorie Pearson, Summit Envirosolutions, Inc.

Industry and Business 3M’s location by the railroad tracks was bounded on the west and south by the commercial streets of Arcade and East Seventh. It was centered within a thriving urban community…