Karmelkorn Uniform, circa 1936

THF175435 / Karmelkorn Uniform, circa 1936
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Artifact Overview

In 1936, Frances Wood (1917-2003) graduated from high school and began working at the Karmelkorn Shoppe franchise location in Flint, Michigan. She worked there until 1938 when she married Wallie Cummins, who she'd met at the store. The Flint shop, which had long included a health food counter at the back, would become "Dale's Natural Foods" in 1947.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Uniform

Date Made

circa 1936

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2019.69.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift in Memory of Frances Wood Cummings.

Material

Cloth

Color

White (Color)
Red

Inscriptions

on front, proper right side: Karmelkorn