San Jose retail store and window display photographs, 1918-1940s and undated

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Summary

Abstract:
Collection includes black and white photographs of clothing, department, furniture, grocery, hardware, household appliance, music and musical instrument, shoe and other retail store window displays, signs and interior merchandise displays of businesses in the San Jose, California area. Photographs also depict clerks and store employees at work as well as storefront street scenes. Companies represented include Albers, Armour Star, Bauer & Black, Best Foods, Hart Schaffner & Marx, Montgomery Ward, Pacific Gas, Standard Oil (Calol, Pearl Oil, Red Cross gasoline, Zerolene Oil), Sunkist, Vellumoid and Victor records. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
0.4 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11698

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes black and white photographs of clothing, department, furniture, grocery, hardware, household appliance, music and musical instrument, shoe and other retail store window displays, signs and interior merchandise displays of businesses in the San Jose, California area. Photographs also depict clerks and store employees at work as well as storefront street scenes. Companies represented include Albers, Armour Star, Bauer & Black, Best Foods, Hart Schaffner & Marx, Montgomery Ward, Pacific Gas, Standard Oil (Calol, Pearl Oil, Red Cross gasoline, Zerolene Oil), Sunkist, Vellumoid and Victor records. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Acquisition information:
The San Jose retail store and window display photographs were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2004.
Processing information:

Processed by Richard Collier, Jan. 2019;

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2004-0352

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by retail store type.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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[Identification of item], San Jose retail store and window display photographs, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.