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Mathew's Drug Store
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View from street of Mathew's Drug Store, which is a two-story brick building with large display windows on the first floor. A number of people are on sidewalk in front, and there is a woman standing at one of the second floor windows. There is a drinking fountain at the curb near a lamppost with a 56W sign. A bicycle is parked at the curb. On the left is a shop that sells hats and shoes.
1927
Gillett, Sherwin
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WHi 100948
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