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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: September 7, 2013
Caption: The Hecht Company
Additional Description: opened its Colesville Road addition (at Fenton Street) October 31,1955. Featuring a bookstore, optical department ,and restaurant, the addition tied Fenton and Ellsworth Drive. One thousand pigeons were released from the roof during the ceremony. Close-up of photo on marker
Evening Star photo by Francis Routt. Star Collection DC Public Library
Submitted: October 9, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p256747
File Size: 1.766 Megabytes

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