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Texaco Pumps: c.1939
Submitted by Mil.braves on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 9:28pm.
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Lincoln Borgrud standing by the Texaco pumps located on the corner of Sherman and Logan St. in Madison, Wisconsin circa 1939. View full size.
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F.W. Woolworth: 1929
Submitted by KAP on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 9:27pm.
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A horticulture display from an F.W. Woolworth store in northwestern Ohio from 1929. This was the 50th anniversary year for Woolworth's. My great-uncle managed this store and pioneered the idea of selling live plants at Woolworth's. View full size.
Horticulture Department
Submitted by KAP on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 9:27pm.
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A window display from the 1920s from an F.W. Woolworth store in northwestern Ohio. My great-uncle managed this store and invented the idea of selling live-plants at Woolworth's. View full size.
Seed Window
Submitted by KAP on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 9:27pm.
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A window display from an F.W. Woolworth store, circa 1929. My great-uncle managed numerous ones across northwestern Ohio during the 1920s and 30s. This one is likely to be Findlay Ohio. View full size.
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Valentine Novelties
Submitted by KAP on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 9:26pm.
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A Valentine's Day window display from the 1920's from an F.W. Woolworth store in northwestern Ohio. My great-uncle managed this store. View full size.
Sew and Save II
Submitted by KAP on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 9:26pm.
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Another view of the Sew and Save window display from Lendzion's 5¢ and 10¢ store in Hamtramck, Michigan in the 1950s. My great-uncle managed the store from around 1946 to 1965. View full size.
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