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September 1921. Washington, D.C. "Old Dutch Market Bakery." We'll take one of everything, please. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
It sure looks like recessed lights around the perimeter. I can't recall seeing that in photos of that era.
And why an enclosed cashier stand in a bakery? That hardly seems like a place where they'd need such security, especially then.
[This is the bakery section of a larger grocery store. A cashier's booth was a common feature of retail establishments at the time. -tterrace]
Anybody happen to know which DC location of the Old Dutch Market is pictured here?
They sell hams, brooms and home-made sweets. I'm trying to establish a connection.
[Old Dutch Markets was a chain of grocery stores; this is the bakery section of one of them. -tterrace]
Trademarked in 1921 in Richmond VA. The Todd's Ham Building is on the National Register. Ceased operations in 1998.
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