Employees outside Villaume Brothers Box and Lumber Factory

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This file appears in: Eugene and Christina Villaume House
Employees outside Villaume Brothers Box and Lumber Factory

Opened in 1882, Victor and Eugene Villaume adapted their company over the decades - fine cabinetmaking, building gliders for the U.S. Army in World War II, wooden trusses, pallets, and packaging.

Date: Approximately 1890

Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: Eugene and Christina Villaume House

By Paul Nelson
If you make your way one block south and two blocks west of the Grady Flats, you will be at the Eugene and Christina Villaume House on 123 West Isabel. Eugene Villaume, born in St. Michel, France, in 1853, came to St. Paul in 1873, following his…