Rike's Humpty Dumpty family   Save
Ohio Guide Photographs
Description: Reverse reads: "Rike's Humpty Dumpty family. Rike's Toy [unreadable text], Thanksgiving Day, 1935. Ohio Picture Book Page: 59 Picture: 78 (upper) Credit: None Caption: Thanksgiving Day Parade, Dayton This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project 8 E. Chesnut St., Col O." Rike's was a seven-story department store in downtown Dayton. It began in the 1850's as a dry goods firm and moved to the corner of Second and Main in 1912 where it remained until it was demolished in 1999. Rike's was known for it's holiday window displays and the "Tike's Shop" where children could do their holiday shopping. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_033_001
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio); Thanksgiving Day;
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)