1935 BTWTA Directory, 18, 64 (Porter's Distinctive Dry Cleaners)
- Identifier
- DBB-ITM-00122
- Source
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Booker T. Washington Trade Association, Directory (Detroit: Tribune-Independent Printing Department, 1935). Digital Collections Resource ID: bh015509, Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library. Pages: 18, 64.
- Date
- 1935
- Source Type
- Advertisement
- Activity
- tailors and cleaners
- Principal
- Porter's Distinctive Dry Cleaners
- Transcriber Comment
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Listing in the directory on p. 18: "Porters' Cleaners & Dyers, 5027-29 Hastings St., Temple 1-3991."
Transcribed full-page ad from p. 64 lists three locations. The main branch is at Farnsworth and Beaubien (other ads for this business indicate that the address was 454 Farnsworth Ave). Second branch is listed at 5027-29 Hastings Street (occupying two adjacent lots at 5027 and 5029). Third branch is at 4659 St. Antoine Street. - Section
- Tailors, Cleaners, & Dyers
- Transcript
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Wholesale; Retail
Temple 1-3991
Whatever you do for a Living, Appearance is part of your job
Four Trucks; At Your Service
PORTER’S DISTINCTIVE DRY CLEANERS
Furs cleaned, glazed and stored. Alterations and Repairing. Everything in Dry Cleaning. All garments insured against fire and theft. All complaints cheerfully corrected.
MAIN STORE
Farnsworth and Beaubien St., Detroit, Michigan
BRANCHES
No. 2—5027-29 Hastings Street
No. 3—4659 St. Antoine Street - Title
- 1935 BTWTA Directory, 18, 64 (Porter's Distinctive Dry Cleaners)
- Resource class
- Documentation