It’s #ThrowbackThursday, have you started your holiday shopping?
This week’s highlight is an exterior view at night of the display window of Capitol Hardware and Paints, located at 1447 O Street, Lincoln. Advertising for Sunbeam electrical appliances promotes a waffle baker, toaster, Mixmaster, iron (for $9.95), razor (for $15.90) and the appearance of “The Sunbeam Man” all day on Saturday. Beyond the window display, display shelves hold cans of paint, garden tools, and other small household appliances. According to Polk’s City Directory of Lincoln, 1947, Howard D. “Bill” Murrell owned Capitol Hardware and Paints which sold “Hardware, Paints, Appliances and Radios.”
This image is published and owned by the Townsend Studio, which has been in continuous operation since its foundation in 1888 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The studio holds a collection of glass plate and acetate negatives of early Lincoln and its residents.
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