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[[Image:Scan 15.jpeg|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Jim Lang]] | [[Image:Scan 15.jpeg|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Jim Lang]] | ||
[[Image:Scan 20.jpeg|left|thumb|350px|Store interior. Photo courtesy: Jim Lang]] | [[Image:Scan 20.jpeg|left|thumb|350px|Store interior. Photo courtesy: Jim Lang]] | ||
[[Image:Scan 19.jpeg|right|thumb|250px|L. S. Hopkins. Photo courtesy: Jim Lang]] | |||
[[Image:hw1.jpg|left|thumb|350px| Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]] | [[Image:hw1.jpg|left|thumb|350px| Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]] | ||
[[Image:hopkinswitty.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The English may not be precise, but the thought counts. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]HOPKINS AND WITTY. Hopkins and Witty was started in 1896 by L. S. Hopkins and Joseph Witty who had been employed by the A. Knight Jewelry Company. They operated their business for twenty-five years at 864 Main. | [[Image:hopkinswitty.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The English may not be precise, but the thought counts. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]HOPKINS AND WITTY. Hopkins and Witty was started in 1896 by L. S. Hopkins and Joseph Witty who had been employed by the A. Knight Jewelry Company. They operated their business for twenty-five years at 864 Main. | ||
Revision as of 04:22, 22 September 2012
HOPKINS AND WITTY. Hopkins and Witty was started in 1896 by L. S. Hopkins and Joseph Witty who had been employed by the A. Knight Jewelry Company. They operated their business for twenty-five years at 864 Main.
With the death of Joseph Witty, L.S. Hopkins purchased his partner's interest and the store was renamed in 1923 to the Hopkins Jewelry Store.