Exterior of Mrs. Cohen's Millinery Shop at its Original Site, Detroit, Michigan, 1935

THF243213 / Exterior of Mrs. Cohen's Millinery Shop at its Original Site, Detroit, Michigan, 1935

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1935

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.1412

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Detroit Photographic prints Photographs Buildings (Structures) Cities and towns Millinery Restaurants Streets Original sites Cohen Millinery

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.