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Yahn & Kiep - Joliet, Ill. is a private label pocket watch in Seth Thomas 18-size hunting Model 2 with 15 jewels, a nickel finish, a micrometric regulator, and it is not adjusted. The movement is grade 171. The private label is on the dial and on the movement.

Henry Yahn and Robert Kiep were the Yahn & Kiep jewelers at 213 Jefferson Street in Joliet, Illinois for a short time in the mid-1890’s before they each moved on to became successful independent jewelers in Joliet.

The postcard photographs show different aspects of Jefferson Street at the turn of the twentieth century when Yahn & Kiep operated their jewelry store there.