Photograph shows some pianos on display in a large tent decorated in garlands. Some of the signs read, "Duo Art Pianos"; "Sherman, Clay & Co."; and "Steinway, The Highest Achievement in Pianos, The Standard Toward Which All Others Strive." Sherman Clay & Co. was established in 1870, and today claims it is "America's oldest and largest piano chain." It was founded in 1870 by Leander Sherman in San Francisco. In 1871 Sherman partnered with F.A. Hyde and the business was known as Sherman and Hyde. In 1876, C.C. Clay purchased Hyde's interest and the business was thereafter named Sherman Clay. The San Jose store opened in 1906. (Source: company website: http://www.shermanclay.com/sherman-clay-history.shtml) Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
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