Harry and Marcy Chowins, early storekeepers in Sidney
Description
This is a 4" x 6-1/4" black and white studio photograph of a man and woman. William "Harry" Chowins sits in a wooden chair holding papers on his lap. He has a beard and wears a dark suit. His wife, Mary Chowins, stands behind him wearing a dark dress with a white ruffle collar.
Owners of Chowins Millinery, selling groceries, clothing, etc. for thirty years in Sidney, Nebraska, just west of 2nd and Rose Streets. Mrs. Louisa Laaker was an employee there in the early 1900s. In the 1920s it was sold to Fine's. Photograph donated by Mrs. Elmer Phelps.
Cheyenne County Historical Society and Museum
