Grimm Jewelry Store
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Englebert Grimm sold and repaired watches, clocks and jewelry in this building. The business was located on Michigan Avenue in Detroit, from 1886 until 1931. Shops like Grimm's prospered in cities, selling mass-produced goods of the newly industrializing society. Grimm and his family lived above the store in comfortable but relatively modest quarters.
Englebert Grimm sold and repaired watches, clocks and jewelry in this building. The business was located on Michigan Avenue in Detroit, from 1886 until 1931. Shops like Grimm's prospered in cities, selling mass-produced goods of the newly industrializing society. Grimm and his family lived above the store in comfortable but relatively modest quarters.
Artifact
Store
Date Made
1885
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Designed by architect Peter Dederichs for owner Engelbert Grimm in Detroit, Michigan.
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Main Street District
Object ID
43.155.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Brick (Clay material)
Wood (Plant material)
Pine (Wood)
Copper (Metal)
Glass (Material)
Cast iron
Plaster
Stone (Worked rock)
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