Polaroid photograph of Barb's Variety Shop, a secondhand store that occupies one of the storefronts in the Elzey Building on the north side of Lower Huntington Road, just west of Old Trail Road, in the Waynedale area of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Waynedale was once a small town, and Lower Huntington Road was the town's "Main Street." In 1957, Waynedale was annexed by the City of Fort Wayne. Though Waynedale has been part of the city longer than it was an independent town, it still looks like a small town and the area still has a small town culture. The Elzey Building was built in the 1920s, shortly after the town was founded by Abner Elzey.
6-13-22
Update: Barb's closed in 2023