Dicks Restaurant and Kerlin Motor Company, Silver Lake, Indiana, circa 1950
| Description: |
Neon signs indicate that the restaurant and bar sold beer, wine, steaks, and chops. A Ford dealer is seen in the background in a concrete block commercial building.The Ford dealership was operated by Kerlin Motor Company. Newspapers indicate that Richard Underhill bought the bar in the Central Block in 1946 and changed the name to Dicks Restaurant. He operated it until at 1956 when he sold it to Bud Gall. Walter Keiser and wife Florence operated the restaurant in August 1957. Underhill repurchased the restaurant from Gall in 1959 and sold it a second time to Wally Cain. [Sources: South Bend Tribune, May 27, 1984, p. 14 and Columbia City Commercial Mail, August 22, 1957, p. 1] |
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| Origin: | 1950, circa |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/3E4C858F-B237-4F8A-989A-929017305403 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
105 East Main Street, Silver Lake, Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
Johnson Brothers Sign Company Collection Neon signs Electric signs Restaurants Bars Automobile dealerships Silver Lake (Ind.) Kosciusko County (Ind.) |
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