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Sheehan, bookseller.

by In Memoriam: Wystan

Above: Sheehan's bookstore on State Street, in 1877. Sheehan's was Michigan's oldest book store in 1917, when it was acquired by Charles W. Graham.

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Sheehan & Co. bookstore, State Street, 1877

Sheehan & Co. and George L. Moore, two State Street booksellers of 1883

Sheehan & Company, the leading and popular booksellers, have moved to elegant new quarters (1890)

Sheehan & Co., booksellers, on State Street -- "Grand Opening" banner over the wooden sidewalk.

John V. Sheehan, UM Class of 1887, State Street bookseller: advertisement in the 1900 Michiganensian.

Carrie Nation in Ann Arbor, May 3, 1902 --- the mob cheers for a State Street hatchet job: but hey, who "axed" that woman to come here, anyway?

Sheehan & Co. sold steins, which could be decorated to order. Michiganensian, 1903

Sheehan & Co., University Booksellers, ran a full-page advertisement in the 1903 Michiganensian

Sheehan & Co. advertisement, 1907 Michiganensian

State Street, Ann Arbor, looking south -- a 1905 Tuck postcard view by Sheehan & Co., University Booksellers

Sheehan & Co. advertisement for business cards, 1915 Michiganensian

Charles W. Graham took over the Sheehan State Street bookstore, but kept the old name for a while.

Bookseller Graham was a go-getter: by 1920 he had two stores

Ann Arbor bookseller Charles Graham got to see the campus often, as he trekked (daily?) between his two stores