"Blair's Canning Factory first started business in the late eighties. It has continued to grow and with the efficient management is now one of the outstanding canning factories in this part of Nebraska. The factory contracts many acres of corn and considerable employment to families of Blair."
1890-1891 Business Directory and Farmer List Published in the Nebraska State Gazetteer,  Pages 164 - 169 [source]
 

Sanborn Maps

Building later used as Head Quarters for Denver Chicago Trunk Line  (DC Trucking)

In 1957, Paxton-Mitchell purchased a steel fabricating plant in Blair, NE who also manufactured earth elevating and loading equipment.
http://www.paxton-mitchell.com/foundry/company_history.htm