White Front Store

White Front Store

Trading name	D. W. Bechtel's White Front Store
Type	Dry Goods Stores
Industry	Retail
Fate	Dissolved
Founder(s)	D. W. Bechtel
Headquarters	Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	18 S. Market St., Wooster, Ohio
Area served	Wayne County, Ohio
Key people	D. W. Bechtel
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

Locations

• 18 S. Market St., Wooster, Ohio 44691

Comprehensive History

The White Front Toy Store

• The White Front Toy Store.
  • Within the past week we paid a visit to the White Front Toy Store, and was greatly surprised to see the large stock on the counters and shelves. The quality of goods is superior to anything we have ever seen in Wooster, and consists of albums, fine stationery, ladies' large and small satchels, ladies' work baskets, fancy baskets, Christmas cards, and in fact everything in the way of Christmas goods for the fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, their cousins and aunts. In the children's department there are among thousands of other articles, sleds, wagons, velocipedes, hobby horses, and toys in endless qualities. This is the place where Santa Claus can lay in his supply of presents for the little ones. An inspection should be made to appreciate the immensity of this stock.

Historical documents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.

For the past three years this establishment has enjoyed a liberal 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.

What Links Here

• Annual Business Review of Wayne County (1887) ‎ (← links)
• S. Market St., Wooster, Ohio ‎ (← links)
• D. W. Bechtel's White Front Store (redirect page) ‎ (← links)
• Retailer ‎ (← links)
• 21 Beall Ave., Wooster, Ohio ‎ (← links)
• Business Abstracts from the 1884-1885 Directory (M-R) ‎ (← links)
• Public Square 1884-1885 Wooster, Ohio ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Republican, Business Abstracts 1878 ‎ (← links)
• Wayne County Democrat, Business Abstracts 1878 ‎ (← links)
• Wayne County Democrat, Business Abstracts 1883 ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Republican, Business Abstracts 1884 ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Republican, Business Abstracts 1885 ‎ (← links)
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• Newspaper article:Maries-DR-1966-May-19-pt1 - The Daily Record May 19 1966 ‎ (← links)