Grimm Jewelry Store in Detroit, Michigan, Being Photographed in Preparation for Relocation to Greenfield Village, 1940

THF254079 / Grimm Jewelry Store in Detroit, Michigan, Being Photographed in Preparation for Relocation to Greenfield Village, 1940

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1940

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2886

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 6.188 in
Width: 4.250 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Detroit Photographic prints Photographs Exterior views Buildings (Structures) Cities and towns Relocating Stores & shops Original sites Grimm Jewelry Store

Artifact
Grimm Jewelry Store
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.