Interior, the Straub-Amiotte Candy Company.

An unusual interior view of the business office of the Straub-Amiotte Candy Company. The office appears to have a painted wooden floor, a pressed metal ceiling, and electric lights hanging from the ceiling, with a line leading down to a desk lamp. A telephone is mounted on the wall to the left. A fireplace is present at the back of the room,. A map of Michigan hangs on the rear wall next to a portrait of President William McKinley (president between 1897 to 1901). A typewriter is sitting on the desk to the right, with a small mantel clock on top.

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The photograph does not have a studio mark.

On the back are the names of the five people in the picture. At the back are Bertha Holcomb, Mae Bracken, and John G. Straub. Anton F. Straub is standing on the left. George Amiotte is seated at the desk.

The Straub Brothers and George Amiotte formed their company in March 1899. They trio's company was so successful that they enlarged twice before building the Big Daylight Candy Factory at 400 W. Front Street in Traverse City. In 2014, the building is the North Peak Brewing Company. The candy company was in operation until 1928.