Interior of Mrs. Cohen's Millinery Shop at its Original Site, Detroit, Michigan, October 16, 1935

THF243247 / Interior of Mrs. Cohen's Millinery Shop at its Original Site, Detroit, Michigan, October 16, 1935
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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

16 October 1935

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.1429

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.438 in
Width: 11.125 in

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    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.