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Accession Number:2003-57.2
Accession Date:
Condition:good
Location:Photo Archives, Businesses, Box 7, F 70
Keywords:interior and exterior of Godfried General Store, established in 1905. Men. Women, children, porch, counter, scales, paper holder, brooms, jars, boxes, ferns, sacks.
Area of Origin:UK
Period:ca 1905
Category:Documentary Artifact
Object:color photocopy
Maker:UK
Description/History:Color photocopy of two views of the Godfried General Store, which was established in 1905in Pleasant Valley. The building the store was in also contained the living area of the family. In the exterior picture, the living area is obvious. It has a porch with two large ferns on stands on the porch. There is an outside entrance to the living quarters with steps going up the porch to this entrance. One boy is sitting on the steps. A girl is sitting on the ground to the boy's right. There is another girl to the boys left standing close to a barrell. The store part of the building has a "false front". It has its own porch and entrance. There are sacks and other items on this porch and buckets and some boxes under the porch. Two men in white shirts and bow ties are standing on the porch. One is wearing a hat. Two women in light, long dresses are also on the porch. One is wearing a large hat and the other is carrying a parasol. In the interview view, a woman is standing in front of a counter resting her elbow on a display case. She has dark hair and is wearing a long, light-colored dress. A man is behind the counter. He has dark hair, is wearing a white shirt and a dark bowtie. On the counter is a paper dispenser and a scale. Behind the counder are various goods to buy. Across the room from the counter are brroms, filled sacks, a barrell and other items. There is a door and a window at the back of the picture, both have dark shades on them.
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