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October 1939. "Store on main street. Grundy Center, Iowa." The Eggleston-Grundy Style Shop on G Avenue, to be exact. Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
That ugly stuff has been around longer than I thought!
The Standard models with painted grilles ranged from $529 for a coupe to $690 for a station wagon with glass windows. Add about $80 for a radio, $40 for a heater, and ? for whitewall tires. Most people were happy with blackwalls, easier to keep clean.
I believe that is in fact Miss Grundy (Archie's teacher) going into the style shop to have a makeover. Who would of thunk it?
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