Horse Pulling Grocery Wagon -1895 in unknown location.
Before there were grocery stores, the grocery wagon delivered provisions to rural areas. These wagons carried a bit of everything: furniture, clothing, spices, flour, fabric, and items needed to maintain a homestead.
This photograph was labeled Dowen-Town Children's Clothing.
The Dowen-Town Youth Center was a Children's Apparel and Furniture Store, at 102 West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan, on the northwest corner of Michigan Avenue and Grand River Avenue. This location also was home , at one time, to Itsell's Clothier, McPherson Bank and Yax Jewelers.
The store was operating during the years 1960 - 1962, and was owned by Les Dowen.
The woman in the photograph is unknown; the date of the photograph is unknown.
