Rudolphs Furniture - Duluth and Superior

Rudolph's Furniture was located at 18 Lake Avenue North in downtown Duluth and at 1501 Tower Avenue in Superior. The store was started and owned by Maurice Rudolph (1896-1973). After moving to Superior, Maurice joined the staff of Siegel Bros men's store and in 1923 became a partner in the Popkin Furniture Store in Superior. He opened his first Rudolph's Furniture Store in Superior in 1933 and expanded to Duluth in 1948. (The Duluth store had previously been French, Bassett and Scott store.) The Superior business was closed out in 1960. Maurice's son Leonard Rudolph (born 1927) later ran the business.

Salesmen in front of Rudolph's store in Duluth - Leonard is second from the left - 1956

Maurice	Leonard - 1956	Leonard - 2007

1937 Duluth Central	1939 Superior HS

1941 and 1944 Superior High School yearbooks

1950 Duluth East	1951 Duluth East	1952 Superior

1952 Duluth Central	1952 Duluth East	1953 Duluth East

1954 Duluth East	1956 Duluth Central	1957 Duluth Central

1957 Superior	1967 Duluth East	1968 Duluth East

Exterior view of Rudolph's Furniture Store in about 1920.
This building stood at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 1st Street in downtown Duluth. It burnt to the ground in 1950.
Source: Minnesota Reflections (http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm/ref/collection/jhs/id/266).
Note, however, that Rudolph's Furniture store in Superior was not started until 1933.
The signs on the two sides of the building read, "Complete House Furnishers."

Duluth Rudolph's Furniture Store Fire of 1948
Full story from www.perfectdulutyday.com - - website - - pdf backup file

Maurice passed away in 1973

Maurice's obituary provides some history of his business.

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