Ed Robinson Laundry & Dry Cleaning

In 1919, Redic Earl Robinson opened Ed Robinson Laundry and Dry Cleaners with only a bicycle, a bucket, a scrub board, some kerosene, and an iron heated by a coal burning stove. Mister Ed would ride on his bicycle to pick up the cleaning and bring it to his wife, Myrtle Beckham Robinson, for processing at the original store on the 1100 block of Gervais Street, in the middle of old Columbia. The business grew and thrived during the Roaring 20's and survived the Great Depression. Mister Ed had two sons, Robert William, known as Bob, and Redic Earl Jr. Known as Earl.