Grand Grocery.tif Grand Grocery Co., Lincoln, Neb – Antique Wall Art
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Grand Grocery.tif Grand Grocery Co., Lincoln, Neb comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Grand Grocery.tif Grand Grocery Co., Lincoln, Neb
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The name on the storefront and the apples on the board point to a grocery in Lincoln, Nebraska, photographed around 1942. John Vachon made the image while working for the federal government's documentary photography program, and the color slide reached the collection through the U.S. Office of War Information. Color film was still uncommon for government documentation at the time, so the slide preserves the bright reds and greens of produce that black-and-white pictures of the same period could not show. The year places the scene in the early years of American involvement in World War II, when wartime demand and new rationing rules were beginning to shape what shoppers found on grocery shelves.
| Created / published | c. 1942 |
|---|---|
| Medium | slide, color |
| Notes | John Vachon, photographer. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information |
| Original scan | 2,107 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1a34273u [Grand Grocery |
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