Name/Title
PhotographEntry/Object ID
2019.042.107a-bDescription
Photo of the one story building at 21 NW Front Street. It has a low false front, offset door, double windws on the left. This is a closeup of 2019.042.106a-b. A bench is in front. Signs: Ice and (illegible) andon the front. An iron sign hanger has the logo of a for the Wet Whiskers Ice Cream shop. Three stairs leading to the door. A lamp is between the door and window. A car is parked in front. On the right, two small boats are stacked on the sidewalk. The building three doors down is La Tienda and on it's right is Econo Wash (now A Touch of Dutch). Strings of lighbulbs are attached from across the street. From a sticky note on a: Wet Whiskers Coffee Shop with sign of cat. From a sticky note on b and on the back: Wet Whiskers Coffee Shop with cat sign (now 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, 21 NW Front Street, Abstract Office, Wet Whiskers Coffee Shop (Seattle Best Coffee), Kapaw's Ice Cream.Made/Created
Place
City
Coupeville, WashingtonCounty
Island CountyState/Province
WashingtonRegion
Cascades and Plateau, Whidbey IslandContinent
North AmericaNotes
Medium: Photographic PaperLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Category 08: Communication Objects
