Supermarket interiors, documentation photographs for Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated, Aurora, Illinois

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

undated

GUSN

GUSN-314180

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General photographic collection
Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
Subjects
Markets
Markets - Produce, etc.
Supermarket interiors, documentation photographs for Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated, Aurora, Illinois
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
  - Subjects
    - Markets
      - Markets - Produce, etc.
        Supermarket interiors, documentation photographs for Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated, Aurora, Illinois (current record)

Description

This collection of eleven photographs documents the work done by Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated of Aurora, Illinois, to reoutfit supermarkets with new metal shelving and display units. The images document the interiors and exteriors of Foy's Streamliner in Quincy, Mass.; Richardson's Market in Winchester, Mass.; Morrissette's Food Mart in Berlin, New Hampshire; and both before and after images of Ideal Market in Winthrop, Mass.

Details

Descriptive Terms

supermarkets
photographs

Physical Description

11 photographs ; 8 x 10 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

2014

Reference Code

PC001.02.02.4950.0100.001

Acquisition Type

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Carl R. Nold, 2014.

Places

Quincy (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Winchester (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Berlin (Coos county, New Hampshire)
Winthrop (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Aurora (Kane county, Illinois)

Record Details

Originator

Probably Henry E. Towle, "Flashographs" (Photographer)

Material Type

photographs

Other Organizations

Ideal Market
Morrissette's Food Mart
Richardson's Market
Foy's Streamliner
Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated

Description Level

Item

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