Candy Lane Store

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20153254

Description

Image shows the front of the Candy Lane Store at 615 5th Avenue, where a jeepster driven by Joe Burlew, 2527 Shropshire, lost control and jumped the two foot curb, coming to a stop halfway inside the store. A clerk, Mrs. C. R. Simpson, escaped possible injury as she had left the front room to answer the phone seconds before the accident. Walter H. Robers, co-owner of the store, is shown attempting to remove shards of glass from the store front. Published on February 25, 1951.

Archival Date

1951-02-24

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-2591

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

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License

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Subjects

Stores & shops; Portrait photographs; Vehicles; Accidents