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Leath's Furniture Co. Sale
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Elevated view looking across street towards a crowd waiting to attend the opening of the Black Furniture Company's bankrupt sale at Leath's furniture store, at 117-119 State Street. Storefronts nearby are the G.A. Lehnherr's ladies' wear, at 121 State Street, Glasgow Tailors, at 123 State Street, and Castle & Doyle Coal Co., 125 State Street. There is a row of automobiles and a motorcycle parked at the curb.
April 30, 1931
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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