Springfield Then & Now: Longo’s Fruit Store

This photo from August 1925 shows Michael Phillip Longo (right) with his son, Harry Longo, in front of Longo’s Fruit Store at 135 W. Main Street.

Michael came to the United States from Sicily in 1888 and lived in Cincinnati for several years before coming to Springfield around 1900 and working as a fruit peddler with other Longo family members before opening his own store.