Magill Jewelry Store (now Cohen Millinery) Reconstructed in Greenfield Village, 1937

THF96817 / Magill Jewelry Store (now Cohen Millinery) Reconstructed in Greenfield Village, 1937

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

16 January 1937

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.O.3512

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 8.25 in

Inscriptions

Text in image, lower right corner: 1-16-37

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Buildings (Structures) Stores Open-air museums Relocated buildings and structures Cohen Millinery Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village

Artifact
Cohen Millinery
Specialized retail stores like this one served the needs of city dwellers in the late 19th century. During the 1880s, a series of shops selling fancy goods, groceries, dry goods, and flour and feed occupied the building. In the mid-1890s, widow Elizabeth Cohen operated a millinery shop here, offering customers fashionable headwear while supporting her young family. Like other shopkeepers, Mrs. Cohen lived above her store.