The C. D. Couse, jewelry store was located at approx. 102 E. Bremer Ave. until the building owner, W.P. Martin, sold the building to H.G. Nichols who moved his jewelry store into it. The store on the left (approx. 104 E. Bremer Ave.) was also owned by W.P. "Billy" Martin and was a restaurant and ice cream parlor until he died in 1900. Couse moved his business several times, often ran going out of business sales. Mr. Couse is standing in front of his store. Billy Martin, who was handicapped nearly from birth and moved around in an early form of wheelchair, may be the man seated at the far left. The print was made from glass plate found in a box of negatives formerly own by newspapers.
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The C. D. Couse, jewelry store was located at approx. 102 E. Bremer Ave. until the building owner, W.P. Martin, sold the building to H.G. Nichols who moved his jewelry store into it. The store on the left (approx. 104 E. Bremer Ave.) was also owned by W.P. "Billy" Martin and was a restaurant and ice cream parlor until he died in 1900. Couse moved his business several times, often ran going out of business sales. Mr. Couse is standing in front of his store. Billy Martin, who was handicapped nearly from birth and moved around in an early form of wheelchair, may be the man seated at the far left. The print was made from glass plate found in a box of negatives formerly own by newspapers.
Additional photographs and resources can be found at the Waverly Public Library on the local and family history page http://www.waverlyia.com/public-library/research/local-and-family-history-collection.aspx Accession No. 90P0004