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Title
Market produce
Creator
Winstead (8733)
Date Created and/or Issued
1938
Contributing Institution
Long Beach Public Library
Collection
Long Beach Photos
Rights Information
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Description
Pictured here in the foreground is the produce section of a market. The store is busy with staff assisting customers. In several places, paper signs advertising sale items hang in rows from cord across the ceiling. Hanging from a post, footballs are for sale just to the left of the produce. Other products for sale in the background include Chesterfield cigarettes, 5-Sew brooms (49"), Par-T-Pak Beverages, Prince Albert Velvet Half and Half (11"); Hormel Soups (10"), Nectarine Nectar (2 for 17"), and Prune Nectar (2 for 15"). Hanging overhead near the register visible in the center of the print, a sign reads, "To Avoid Mistakes Cashing Checks Please Stand In Line." DATE NOTES: Noted on image back. ORIG. IMAGE: 8" x 10" B&W glossy print. NEGATIVE: Yes. KEYWORDS: Food, occupations. (ss)
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
LBPL_1270.tiff
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/3147
Subject
Markets
Source
Winstead Co. donation
Relation
Business Firms - Markets

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