***SORRY SOLD***Antique Defiance Chocolate Drops 30 lb Bucket Kyer Whitker Co Ann Arbor Michigan
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Antique Historic Early 1900's Defiance Chocolate Drops 30 lbs Bucket Kyer Whitker Co Ann Arbor Michigan. Made of Steel and Wood and Fiberboard. Kyer & Whitker Co listed in 1910 Ann Arbor Directory as "Pure food purveyors" located at 114-116 E. Washington St. (shown in second from last picture) In 1924, Kyer, Whitker, and Dobson, now described as a wholesale grocer, moved into the building at 301 N. Main and Miller. 301 North Main Building was originally built in the late 19th Century. (That building holds a great deal of Ann Arbor history as it was built by Dr. Alvin Wood Chase for his Steam Printing House). The new partner Dobson, soon left the business . His partners remained in business there until Charlie Kyer's death in 1938. Henry Whitker then sold the business to Symons, a big distribution company, who used the building until they moved out to State Street in 1946. 12.5 x 12.5"
Antique Historic Early 1900's Defiance Chocolate Drops 30 lbs Bucket Kyer Whitker Co Ann Arbor Michigan. Made of Steel and Wood and Fiberboard. Kyer & Whitker Co listed in 1910 Ann Arbor Directory as "Pure food purveyors" located at 114-116 E. Washington St. (shown in second from last picture) In 1924, Kyer, Whitker, and Dobson, now described as a wholesale grocer, moved into the building at 301 N. Main and Miller. 301 North Main Building was originally built in the late 19th Century. (That building holds a great deal of Ann Arbor history as it was built by Dr. Alvin Wood Chase for his Steam Printing House and shown in last picture). The new partner Dobson, soon left the business . His partners remained in business there until Charlie Kyer's death in 1938. Henry Whitker then sold the business to Symons, a big distribution company, who used the building until they moved out to State Street in 1946. 12.5 x 12.5"
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