Marion Bundy, bottom row, second from left, with the staff of the St. James Hotel, Red Wing, 1937. Comments from Mary Hundeby: "Aunt Marian worked at the hotel for about 15 years, leaving in 1946 when she married Uncle Royal. An interesting sidelight of this picture - William Pirius, also shown in the picture, was married to Creola (you may remember Creola's Dress Shop, next to the Ben Franklin Store, which burned at the same time the Ben Franklin did) - at any rate, they built the house at 819 Bush St., in 1938, and
mother bought it 1944 for $3500." (From "If Walls Could Talk - A Story of the Old St. James", published 1984 by the Red Wing Hotel Association)
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