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PAGE 1 HISTORY OF BURGER. TRANSFER BERGER TRANSFER WAS FOUNDED IN 1910 BY CARL,BERGER. THE BUSINESS AT THAT TIME CONSISTED OF A HORSE AND CART TO MOVE HOUSEHOLD GOODS FROM THE RAILROAD DEPOT TO HOMES OF NEW ARRIVALS IN MINNEAPOLIS AS WELL AS LOCAL MOVING. HAROLD BERGER BEGAN WORKING FOR HIS FATHER AND TOOK OVER THE MANAGE— MENT OF THE COMPANY UPON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER IN THE EARLY 4C S. HAROLD BEGAN MOVING UNCARTONED NEW FURNITURE FROM FACTORIES TO RETAIL STORES AND FROM RETAIL STORES TO RESIDENCES WITHIN SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES OF THE TWIN CITIES. IN FEBRUARY OF 1949 MR. ROBERT D. DIRCKS PURCHASED 50% OF THE COMPANY AND THE BUSINESS CONTINUED TO GROW. THE COMPANY WAS NOW LOCATED AT 89 SOUTH 10TH STREET IN MINNEAPOLIS. TENTH STREET WAS CHANGED TO A ONE WAY STREET DURING THIS TIME MAKING IT NECESSARY TO BACK DOWN THE STREET THE WRONG WAY TO GET INTO THE DOCK. IT WAS A TWO STORY BUILDING SO PART OF THE WAREHOUSE WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR SO AN ELEVATOR WAS NECESSARY TO MOVE THINGS UP AND DOWN FOR UNLOADING OR RELOADING. IN 1949 MR FRANK GOODWIN WAS SENT TO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS TO SET UP THE FIRST BRANCH OFFICE OF BERGER. HE BEGAN TO EXPAND THE BUSINESS BY FINDING FRUNITURE SHIPMENTS MOVING BACK INTO THE TWIN CITIES AREA AS WELL AS INTO IOWA AND THE DAKOTAS. IN 1952 MR. DIRCKS PURCHASED THE STOCK OF HAROLD BERGER AND BECAME THE SOLE OWNER OF THE COMPANY. AT THIS TIME THE COMPANY MOVED TO 356 LINCOLN STREET N.E., MINNEAPOLIS, A SECOND BRANCH OFFICE WAS OPENED IN SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN TO SERVE THE FURNITURE MAbTUFACTURERS OF THAT AREA WITH UNCRATED DELIVERY SERVICE. THE COMPANY PRIMARILY PROVIDED SERVICE TO THE STATES OF ILLINOIS, IOWA, MINNESOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND WISCONSIN.