Name/Title
Zahn’s Shoe Store - June 1912Description
Zahn’s Shoe Store at 625 S. Wayne Avenue, showing a long, narrow retail space lined floor to ceiling with boxed shoes. Two generations of the Zahn family are present: Edward Zahn (father) and Joseph A. Zahn (son), positioned behind the counter, with “Puddin,” the store’s delivery and errand man, seated in the foreground. The image conveys a well-established, orderly operation and documents a moment of family continuity within a working retail environment. Additional inscription on mount reads: “My Dad’s Shoe Store — My Dad and his father,” indicating later generational identification and family provenance.Made/Created
Date made
1912Time Period
1910sCreate Date
January 2, 2026
