Digital Collection
2008.112.188

Print, Photographic

Black and white photographic print depicting Ladies and Gentlemen's Ice Cream and Oyster House at the corner of Adams Street and Woodward Avenue. A smaller sign above the door reads, "W.H. Dewey." A horse-drawn wagon painted with, "Dewey's Ice Cream and Catering Establishment" is at the right edge of the frame. A boy and several men pose around the building's two entrances, while a pair of women sit in the first floor windows. Streetcar tracks are visible in the streets in the foreground. "c.1871-81" handwritten on verso in pencil. Also, "#1564 B.H.C." is written in pen. "Joseph Klima, Jr. Photographer, 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit 2, Michigan, Temple 1-0360" stamped on verso.

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