Schnobel family

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Henry Schnobel Hardware 1872- Henry Schnobel's hardware store as described in "Remembering When" HENRY SCHNOBEL’S STORE Photo 1898 - [approx.] 250 Butler Street, Saugatuck Bird cages, tin pots, and pistols. This shop front tells us something about how people learned to aspire to and chose material objects. H. Schnobel’s “Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Cutlery, &c.” store (as it was advertised in the local newspaper) was a Butler Street institution from its establishment in about 1872 until the close of the century. The local press frequently noted the store’s handsome and well painted front as well as Mr. Schnobel’s wide offering of household appliances—such as stoves and washing machines, several of which appear to be displayed here. Henry Schnobel was active in civic affairs and was on the Democratic side of the political fence. The boy is most likely Henry’s son Adolph Schnobel. This wood structure was replaced by a smaller brick building—next to the present East of the Sun building on the corner of Butler and Hoffman Streets. This image was featured as History Mystery #10 with the solution: The picture is dated ca. 1898 and people in front of the H. Schnobel store are Henry Schnobel and son Adolph.