White Front Store

D. W. Bechtel's White Front Store

Type	Proprietorship
Industry	Retail
Founder(s)	D. W. Bechtel
Headquarters	18 S. Market St., Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	1
Area served	Wayne County, Ohio
Products	Express wagons, baby carriages, wheelbarrows, croquet sets, swings, hammocks, balls and bats, lawn pool, games & building blocks of all kinds. Velocipedes, fine stationary, albums, scrap & picture books, wallpaper, window shades, fixtures, willow, Ratan, splint brackets, bird cages, cups, etc., fans, parasols, kites, traveling lunch & market baskets, Japanese napkins, etc.
Services	Toys of all kinds

Employees

• 1884: Bechtel, D. W.
  • Resides in 1884 at 21 Beall Ave., Wooster, Ohio

Historical documents

• 1884. Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory, 1884-1885. Shives, Merz & Shives, Compilers, Editors and Publishers, Wayne County Herald, Wooster, Ohio, 1884. R 917.71 W88 1884-1885

• Annual Business Review of Wayne County (1887)
  • 1887 - Wall Paper, Window Shades, Stationary, Notions, etc.

Fpr the past three years this establishment has enjoyed a liberl trade from residents of both city and country. Mr. Bechtel carries in stock a large and choice stock of wall papers, embracing latest patterns and newest designs, window shades, decorations and fixtures, embracing dados and many beautiful patterns. He also keeps baby carriages and children's express wagons, velocipedes, stationary, base ball goods, etc. Mr. Bechtel is a native of this state, and in 1862 he enlisted in Co. F, 102d Regt. O.V.I., serving with credit and distinction to the close of the war in 1865, and received an honorable discharge.