It took a lot of time
to clean this picture up, but I think it was worth it.
A young Frank Nebel is on the left, and the woman next to
him is his wife, Allie (Jackson),
and next to her, the little one would be their daughter,
Helen.
The 1910 federal census
shows him and his wife, Allie, in Hardin Texas, where he is the manager
of the Railway Cafe.
It could also be Nebel's Cafe, at 11 West Third in Picher.
The 1917-18 Business Directory
for Picher lists that cafe with Cora Andrews as cook, and
Rosalie Atkins and
Alia Sherrill as waitresses.
Someone
took some time to arrange the boxes on the top shelf
as well as the canned goods on the middle shelf. On
the top are "Takhoma Biscuits" and
"Sunshine Vanilla Wafers". The menu on the right lists
"Sandwiches" "Roast Beef Pork" "Gooseliver"
"Lunch loaf" "Ham Cheese" Ten cents!
Between the menu and the shelves is a notice for the
"Stag
Club"
and under the cash register are "Hand Made" cigarettes or
cigars, and one of the cigar
boxes says
"Londres". Notice that electric lights are replacing
the gas lights. Did Picher ever have
gas
lights hanging from the ceiling? Most of the stores in
Picher I remember had ceilings of
pressed tin squares.