Man sweeping entrance of the new G. C. Murphy store, Franklin, Indiana, 1956
| Description: |
Young man sweeping the sidewalk at the store entrance in a view looking east on Jefferson Street. A sign in the window reads in part Grand Opening / July 26th.According to the Franklin Evening Star, 26 July 1956, p. 1, The new G. C. Murphy Company store reopened in a new, modern building that morning. The old store at the same location was destroyed by fire on November 25, 1955. [See images ia-0321-c001-0002 through ia-0321-c001-0025 for more photos from this collection.] |
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| Origin: | 1956-07 |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/17CEB81D-37E4-44BC-8C6E-180650700945 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
56 East Jefferson Street, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, United States 40.487381,-86.132428 |
| Subjects: |
Tobolski Family Collection / Franklin IN G. C. Murphy Photographs Storefronts Department stores Sidewalks Sweeping & dusting G. C. Murphy Company Franklin (Ind.) Johnson County (Ind.) |
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