Name/Title
Gillespie Meat Market 24 NW Front StreetEntry/Object ID
2019.042.135Description
Photo of the interior of the building at 24 NW Front Street. Two men in aprons behind the counter and one man, a customer, wearing a coat. Meat is hanging from the ceiling or on counters ready to be cut or sold. A scale is hanging from a suspended metal rod (horizontal to the floor) with hooks. Large window on the left.
There are two staple holes on the left - this might have been with the negative 2019.042.133a (it's old number was 67-092).
1887 Gillespie Meat Market, then metal shop, antique shop. 1930s-1950s Craney's Curio Shop, late 1950s a residence, 1981 Korner Kranny, The Keeping Room Antiques, 1994 Beaks and Tweaks, 2001-current Collections. The Port of Coupeville has an office in the back.
Per PNRO page 148: built in 1887, it was a meat market, then antique store. Gillespie Meat Market, Korner Kranny, Keeping Room Antiques.
http://chwahistoriccoupeville.com/buildings/collections.html. Also see A Peculiar Friend, Jimmie Jean Cook.
From folder: Coupeville, 24 NW Front Street, Gillespie's Meat Market, Columbo Lumber Office, Tillicum Bakery (1932), Korner Kraney, Central Hotel
From old entry: Unit 6, Drawer B (Coupeville Meat Markets)Acquisition
Accession
2019.042Source or Donor
Sherman, Dale & LizMade/Created
Place
City
CoupevilleCounty
Island CountyState/Province
WashingtonCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaRegion
Whidbey IslandNotes
Date: Jan. 1908
Medium: Photographic PaperLexicon
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Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Shops, Markets, Antique shopsRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Libbey, ElwellPerson or Organization
Libbey, Howard