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People's Drug No. 7: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 11/27/2009 - 6:55pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "People's Drug Store, 11th & G streets, night." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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They'd have to sell a lot of "juvenile candies"
Submitted by mad4books on Sat, 12/05/2009 - 9:09pm.
to pay that electric bill!
Covered Up
Submitted by Steven Hall on Sat, 12/05/2009 - 2:04pm.
I lament that store windows have in general declined in their displays, at least around here. I see so many drug stores, corner grocery stores etc. that have their windows plastered with posters (mostly faded) advertising phone calling cards.
Outside lights
Submitted by Grey Hawkins on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 7:56pm.
Somebody opened the right hand door while this was being taken, creating quite an interesting effect with the interior lights!
Window Displays
Submitted by CJkc on Sat, 11/28/2009 - 5:26am.
have come a long way since this sad looking grouping. The "Fresh Salted Peanuts" stuck to the outside of the glass is a nice touch, too.
Great shakes
Submitted by tinag on Fri, 11/27/2009 - 10:30pm.
In the early 1980s I worked near a People's Drug Store in Foggy Bottom. There was still a lunch counter (where I discovered that their chocolate shakes were the best cure for a hangover).
I used to tell my sister, who was away at college, that I was eating lunch at the "People's counter" and finally she asked, "What is that? Some kind of communist place?"
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