Pictured here is the front of a small J. J. Newberry Company 5-10-25-cent store. A man wearing a suit and hat stands in profile at the curb in front of the store entrance. Rows of small glass tiles fill a wide space above the display windows. The arched roof is made of bricks. The windows have a variety of small merchandise on display. The upper edges of the two windows draped with flat embroidered art nouveau style linens. Inside the windows there is a selection of small signs, reading, "Buy Your Biscuit Here; Uneeda National Biscuit Company, 'Uneeda Bakers;" "Toys For Everybody, Ballbearing Skates, Sand Pails, Garden Sets, Etc. Note Our Prices." Several other small signs advertise a special item on sale for each day of the week. A street light standard is noted in the foreground at right, along with the front end of a parked car exhibiting a hood ornament representing a winged nude woman. DATE NOTES: Noted on image back. ORIG. IMAGE: 8" x 10" B&W glossy print. NEGATIVE: Yes. KEYWORDS: Fashion.
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