This photograph was labeled, "Joe Gates Original Home", Howell, Michigan. There is no date with the photograph.
Joe Gates lived with his widowed mother in the city of Howell at three different addresses: 222 George Street, 309 North Court Street, and 1016 Burns Street, Howell, Michigan.
It is thought that these photographs were make from glass negatives developed from a local photographer in Livingston County, Michigan. These were labeled "H.M. Paulley House and Store".
