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Exterior of Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market – Antique Wall Art

Exterior of Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market — historic image
Exterior of Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market. Historic image from the Barns & Farms collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Exterior of Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Exterior of Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market

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The exterior of the Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market shows a building built to face the street, with its entrance and signage addressed to passing shoppers. Markets like this one were common in American towns where farmers and local merchants sold produce and goods directly to residents, often without a middleman. Buildings of this type often reveal how a community organized its food supply, from wagon access and loading areas to the way storefronts and stalls were arranged. Look closely at the doorways, the signs, and the street around the building for clues about how the market worked day to day.

Original scan4,107 × 3,347 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
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