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Hommel's New Store
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Hommel's Star Food Store at 606 S. Park Street, with promotional truck in front of store, and children looking on. Vehicle (Ballyhoo Truck) has a painted sign on the side: "Hommel Bros. new food store, specials galore! Free toys for the kiddies." There is a man dressed as a clown playing an instrument, and there are cardboard cutouts of other musicians.
June 29, 1932
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Hommel's Star Food Store
June 29, 1932
Exterior of the Hommel's Star Food Store at 606 South Park Street. Several children are on the sidewalk in the front.
Hommel's Big Store
March 4, 1932
Hommel Brothers Store, 103-11 N. Hamilton Streeet, and the Town Apartment building, 115 N. Hamilton Street.
Butter-Nut Coffee Display Window
May 11, 1932
Butter-Nut coffee display window at Hommel's Grocery Store at 103 North Hamilton Street.
Hommel Brother Restaurant — Good Things to Eat
circa 1930 -- 1939
View from Mifflin Street towards the Hommel Brothers Restaurant at the corner of North Hamilton Street and East Mifflin Street. The restaurant started off as a grocery. A sign on the roof reads: "H...
Toto the Clown with Children
March 18, 1932
RKO clown "Toto" distributes cardboard Easter bunnies packed with lollipops from the W.T. Grant Company. This event was held in the 2nd floor playroom at U.W. Children's Orthopedic hospital, 436 N....
