Swink Post Office Building Was Home To Several Businesses - Interior Photo With Owner 1915
Description: Donna Abert Sent SECO News a Copy of Her Family Photograph From Approximately 1915...Emma Ritthaler is Pictured Behind the Counter with Johnny and Margaret Ritthaler.
Donna Abert Shared her family photo of her family restaurant in Swink from the early 1900's. Years later it became Hayes Fountain and Lunch which was also located in the current Swink Post Office Building on Columbia Avenue.
"...A picture of the inside of my grandparents restaurant in Swink that they said was located where the post office is now. It shows my grandmother Emma Ritthaler behind the counter and two small children, Johnny and Margaret Ritthaler. The menu shows a steak sandwich is 10 cents. My Mother, Margaret Ritthaler was born in Swink and perhaps they lived behind the restaurant. She is the small one in the picture. Picture taken around 1915."
According to Abert, later the family opened a bakery in La Junta, which burned down in a fire, then they moved the bakery to Main Street in Rocky Ford.
Check Out The Article on The Building Receiving a New Exterior Paint Job:
Swink Post Office Paint Job Exposes Building History for a Single Day - CLICK HERE
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