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Photographer: Tom Fuchs
Taken: January 28, 2006
Caption: Silver Theatre and Shopping Complex Mural
Additional Description: The plaque beneath the mural reads:
    Silver Spring's heyday as a commercial center began in 1938 with the opening of the Silver Theatre and Shopping complex, designed by John Eberson. These streamlined buildings housed a wide variety of shops, as ell as a 1,100 seat movie theatre, and were among the first in the region that were built to accommodate the use of automobiles.
    Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the county's population exploded and Silver Spring grew into a major shopping district with large department stores like Hecht's, J.C. Penney's and Jelleff's. The monumental growth made Silver Spring not only a major suburban community, but also an important economic center for the entire state.
Submitted: February 5, 2006, by Tom Fuchs of Greenbelt, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p213
File Size: 2.822 Megabytes

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