Interior of Blake and Ham Jewelry Store, Frankfort, Indiana, circa 1920
| Description: |
Posing behind the display cases full of jewelry, watches, and clocks are (left to right) owner Charles Wesley Ham (1857-1936), and employees John Russell Kramer and Leslie Rowe. Ham, along with partner David P. Blake, opened the business in 1870s or 1880s. It was located at 3 E. Clinton Street on the south side of the courthouse square.According to his son, Kramer approached Charles Ham about a job and Ham told him if he could fix a broken clock he would have a job. Kramer successfully repaired it and worked there for several decades. |
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| Origin: | 1920, circa |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/CFB42507-F1C9-4673-9994-386130373154 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
3 E. Clinton Street, Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
Robert B. Beckett Collection Jewelry stores Jewelers Interiors Clocks & watches Frankfort (Ind.) Clinton County (Ind.) |
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