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- 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.
- circa 1880
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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.
- Cohen Millinery in Greenfield Village, circa 1937 - Irving Bacon, a Ford Motor Company employee and Henry Ford's personal artist, created pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate guidebooks for the Edison Institute Museum and Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford) when they officially opened to the public in 1933. An illustrated souvenir guidebook helped visitors navigate the exhibits and grounds. Ford also used these drawings in other company publications.
- circa 1937
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Cohen Millinery in Greenfield Village, circa 1937
Irving Bacon, a Ford Motor Company employee and Henry Ford's personal artist, created pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate guidebooks for the Edison Institute Museum and Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford) when they officially opened to the public in 1933. An illustrated souvenir guidebook helped visitors navigate the exhibits and grounds. Ford also used these drawings in other company publications.
- Cohen Millinery, Original Site, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1895 - Mrs. Cohen's Millinery, a small urban specialty store located at 444 Baker Street in Detroit, as it appeared in the mid-1890s. Widowed Elizabeth Cohen (shown at center, with daughter) supported her young family by selling inexpensive, mass-produced headwear to her middle-class customers. Like other shopkeepers, Mrs. Cohen lived above her store--making it possible to handle both business and family responsibilities.
- circa 1895
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Cohen Millinery, Original Site, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1895
Mrs. Cohen's Millinery, a small urban specialty store located at 444 Baker Street in Detroit, as it appeared in the mid-1890s. Widowed Elizabeth Cohen (shown at center, with daughter) supported her young family by selling inexpensive, mass-produced headwear to her middle-class customers. Like other shopkeepers, Mrs. Cohen lived above her store--making it possible to handle both business and family responsibilities.
- Cohen Millinery in Greenfield Village, September 2007 -
- September 01, 2007
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Cohen Millinery in Greenfield Village, September 2007
- Cohen Millinery in Greenfield Village, September 2007 -
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Cohen Millinery in Greenfield Village, September 2007
- Cohen Millinery in Greenfield Village, September 2007 -
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Cohen Millinery in Greenfield Village, September 2007
- Cohen Millinery in Greenfield Village, September 2007 -
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Cohen Millinery in Greenfield Village, September 2007
- If the Hat Fits... - Learn the history behind Mrs. Cohen's Millinery Shop in Greenfield Village--and make a visit to take home your own custom creation.
- May 07, 2012
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If the Hat Fits...
Learn the history behind Mrs. Cohen's Millinery Shop in Greenfield Village--and make a visit to take home your own custom creation.
- Cohen Millinery in Greenfield Village, September 2007 -
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Cohen Millinery in Greenfield Village, September 2007
- Cohen Millinery in Greenfield Village, September 2007 -
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Cohen Millinery in Greenfield Village, September 2007