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Department Store Interior

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Description: Several men and women standing inside a department store next to tables piled with bolts of fabric. The store has a pressed tin ceiling.
Postcard

Pettibone Peabody Retail Store

Date: 1909
Description: Front view of the Pettibone Peabody retail store. A large store with four stories situated on a corner. An automobile is at the curb and pedestrians on the...
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Westgate Parking Lot

Date: 07 30 1960
Description: Elevated view of the parking lot at the Westgate Shopping Center. The storefronts are on the left, and include Ragatz Shoes, Three Sisters, ?obil Shoes, S....
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Help for Fire Victims

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Joseph Rothschild, manager; Bertha Atkinson, buyer and Freda Kitson, saleswoman opened the children's and infants' department at Baron Brothers Department ...
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The Big Store

Date: 06 26 1906
Description: Group of salespeople standing in front of The Big Store.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down a street featuring stores and small businesses with signs written in Spanish. On the left corner, Eduardo Cruz' department store can be seen, bui...
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Baron Brothers Department Store Remodeling

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: Interior view of Baron Brothers Department Store after remodeling. Joseph Rothschild, a partner of the firm, is standing with Freda Kitson, manager of the ...
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Shoppers Hunt for Post-Christmas Sale Bargains

Date: 12 26 1963
Description: Shoppers fill stores looking for post-Christmas sale bargains and returning or exchanging unwanted gifts.

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