Bio of CHAMBERLAIN, Harlow Hamlin (b.1863), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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HARLOW HAMLIN CHAMBERLAIN - Vol III, pg 400-403
Harlow H. Chamberlain is a member of a family which for forty-eight years has
been closely and prominently identified with the commercial development of
Minneapolis and as president of the Boyd Transfer & Storage Company he is
controlling the largest enterprise of the kind in the northwest. He was born in
Chippewa County, Wisconsin, July 19, 1863, of the marriage of Hamlin T. and Mary
A. (Towne) Chamberlain, natives of western New York. In 1855 they removed to"
the middle west, settling in Chippewa county, Wisconsin, where they became
identified with agricultural interests. The father took up government land on
the Chippewa river, between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls, which he cleared and
developed, continuing to make his home on that property until 1865, when he came
to Minnesota. He engaged in the mer­cantile business at Hastings until 1874 and
then came to Minneapolis, opening a grocery store at No. 416 Nicollet avenue,
which he conducted successfully for some time, being one of the pioneers in that
line in the city. His next venture was in con­nection with the pump and well
business and subsequently he became identified with the Boyd Transfer & Storage
Company, having charge of the stable and also buying the horses for the firm.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain are now deceased.
Harlow H. Chamberlain attended the public schools of Hastings, Minnesota, until
he reached the age of eleven years and completed his education in this city. His
first work was with the Minneapolis Journal in connection with the circulation
department and he had charge of collections within a certain territory. He
remained with that paper for twenty-eight years, severing his relations with it
in 1906. In 1892 he purchased the interests of the Boyd Transfer Company. Three
years later he acquired control of the Flour City Transfer Company and
consolidated the two firms under the style of the Boyd Transfer & Storage
Company, of which he has since been the president. His keen sagacity and
executive powers have enabled him to build up an enterprise of extensive
proportions and he is now at the head of one of the largest transfer companies
in the United States. Its storage house on Lake street covers five acres and
occupies the block bounded by Fourth and Fifth avenues and Twenty-ninth and Lake
streets. The concern also has a freight warehouse at the corner of Tenth and
Wash­ington avenues, South, which extends over half a block and was formerly
used by the Chicago & Great Western Railroad Company as a freight and passenger
station. About fifteen teams and twenty motor trucks are utilized. The company's
equipment is of the most modern type, complete in every detail, and in its shops
they build commer­cial bodies and also do painting and blacksmithing. Mr.
Chamberlain occupies a posi­tion of leadership in connection with the transfer
business and he also figures promi­nently in financial affairs, being president
of the Bankers Security Company and a director of the Minneapolis National Bank.
Mr. Chamberlain has never allowed business matters to monopolize his attention
and has always found time to cooperate in every movement seeking the improvement
and advancement of his city. He was made chairman of the subcommittee of the
Civic & Commerce Association, to which was assigned the task of levying a tax on
automobiles, trucks, etc., but the bill was defeated in the state legislature.
He is a mem­ber of the First Baptist church of Minneapolis and chairman of ifs
board of trustees. He is also connected with the Minneapolis Athletic Club,
which has a membership of two hundred and sixty, and the Minneapolis Automobile
Club. He is essentially a member of the class of doers, gifted with initiative
and quick resolve, and a business of large extent stands as a monument to his
administrative ability and powers of or­ganization. He is one of the pioneer
business men of Minneapolis and exemplifies in his life the spirit of enterprise
and progress which has been the chief factor in the rapid development of the
Northwest.