Collection:
Dowagiac
Date:
1905—1911
Description:
Photograph mounted on black matboard; photograph shows group of men at long table, with bottles of beer in front of each man, Round Oak stove (E model with Doe—Wah—Jack finial) in foreground, coats and hats on hooks along wall; bar on right side in background; photo identified as the banquet held by the German Lodge, Arbieter Feriend, at the Ohio Cafe (restaurant) on Commercial St. in Dowagiac (site of current Post Office); it is known that Charles and Adam Stahl, and Michael Skiepps are in the photograph
Object ID:
2002—0038.0037
Object Name:
Print, photographic
Other #:
P004650
Photographer:
J.W. Austin
Place:
Ohio Cafe, Dowagiac
Print Size:
9"x11"
Provenance:
Doris Wegner was neighbors with Stahl family and probably acquired this photo from them
Search Terms:
Round Oak Stove
German immigrants
Ohio Cafe
German immigrants
Ohio Cafe
Studio:
Dowagiac
Year Range from:
1905
Year Range to:
1911
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German Lodge
German Lodge