Name/Title

Photograph

Entry/Object ID

2019.042.104

Description

Photo of the one story building at 21 NW Front Street. It has a low false front, offset door, double windws on the left, a window on the side towards the back. Light between the door and window. Two signs in the center of the front: Ice Cream Shop, Coffee Beans. The top sign appears blank. Bench and flower planter in front of the window. The front of a VW Beetle is in front of the building. There are probably three stairs leading to the door. On the back: p124 1 of 2, 21 NW Front St. #160A, Abstract office. From a sticky note: Abstract Office, Wet Whiskers Coffee Shop, Kapaw's Ice Cream. Early 1900s-1957 Abstract Office, 1950s-1960s Barber Shop, 1969, Stewart's Wet Whisker Ice Cream and started Stewart Coffee (later Seattle's Best Coffee), 1974 or 1976, Kristen's Ice Cream Parlor and More and in off season, Susnet Home Video, 1982 raised 3 feet, concrete foundation and new stairs, 1987 Hole in the Wall, 2002-present Kapaw's Iskreme. Per PNRO page 152: built in 1906 for the Island County Times, various businesses since. http://chwahistoriccoupeville.com/buildings/icecream.html. See also, "A Peculiar Friend" by Jimmie Jean Cook. From folder: Coupeville, 17 NW Front Street, Lester Still Law Office 1909, Island County Times, W.T. Howard Publishing 1986, The Cove From old entry: Unit 6, Drawer A (Coupeville Front St)

Made/Created

Place

City

Coupeville, Washington

County

Island County

State/Province

Washington

Region

Cascades and Plateau, Whidbey Island

Continent

North America

Notes

Medium: Photographic Paper

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

RG 30