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The beginning of the Woolworth stores in Watertown New York – Vintage Wall Art

The beginning of the Woolworth stores in Watertown New York, 1929 — historic photograph
The beginning of the Woolworth stores in Watertown New York, 1929. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(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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The beginning of the Woolworth stores in Watertown New York comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The beginning of the Woolworth stores in Watertown New York

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The photograph records the opening of a Woolworth store in Watertown, a city in northern New York, with the F.W. Woolworth Company's name marking a new outpost of its growing chain. Frank W. Woolworth opened his first successful five-and-ten-cent store in Utica in 1879, and by the late 1920s his company operated well over a thousand stores across the country. The image comes from the New York World-Telegram and Sun newspaper collection, so it was made for news use and captures a local business at a moment of national expansion. It is worth looking at how a small city's main street took on a store that followed the same format found in larger cities.

Created / published1929
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesNew York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsF.W. Woolworth Company--Buildings--Watertown--New York--1920-1930. Variety stores--New York (State)--Watertown--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan897 × 718 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-197465

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