Grocery Interior, 1920

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This 1920 interior view of a Glen Ellyn grocery captures the environment of the small store that would, as the decade progressed, experience sharp competition from larger grocery chains.

Photographer: Unknown
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-37003)

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