A huge crowd jamming a Boston department store early March 28, 1949, when men's suits and top coats went on sale for eleven dollars each – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with A huge crowd jamming a Boston department store early March 28, 1949, when men's suits and top coats went on sale for eleven dollars each, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A huge crowd jamming a Boston department store early March 28, 1949, when men's suits and top coats went on sale for eleven dollars each
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On March 28, 1949, a dense crowd pressed into a Boston department store when men's suits and top coats went on sale for eleven dollars each. The scene captures the postwar retail rush, when shoppers who had lived through wartime rationing and steep price increases jumped at bargains on everyday clothing. Sales like this drew attention to the cost of living, which had climbed sharply after the war, and the tightly packed shoppers show how much a low price could mean to working families. The photograph is a useful record of how a clothing sale could bring an entire downtown shopping district to a standstill.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Stores...; Massachusetts--Boston--Hist.; Inflation; Prices; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,223 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-129054 |
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