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04-07-2016, 06:51 PM
What department store workers looked like in 1898
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Image: Charles Gustavus Walline/Pic**oga
These images, unearthed by*Chatta**oga*local historical organization Pic**oga (https://www.facebook.com/pic**oga), were taken on the roof of the D.B. Lovemans & Co. department store in downtown Chatta**oga, Tennessee.
The photographer, Charles Gustavus Walline, was an employee of the department store and an avid amateur photographer. His subjects were apparently colleagues on their lunch breaks
In the background of the casually posed portraits is the Chatta**oga Times building. The owner of the newspaper, Adolph Ochs, purchased a controlling stake in the company at the age of 19, and went on to purchase the New York Times around the time these images were taken. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/department-store-workers/)
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Image: Charles Gustavus Walline/Pic**oga
These images, unearthed by*Chatta**oga*local historical organization Pic**oga (https://www.facebook.com/pic**oga), were taken on the roof of the D.B. Lovemans & Co. department store in downtown Chatta**oga, Tennessee.
The photographer, Charles Gustavus Walline, was an employee of the department store and an avid amateur photographer. His subjects were apparently colleagues on their lunch breaks
In the background of the casually posed portraits is the Chatta**oga Times building. The owner of the newspaper, Adolph Ochs, purchased a controlling stake in the company at the age of 19, and went on to purchase the New York Times around the time these images were taken. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/department-store-workers/)
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