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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: December 23, 2012
Caption: Measure Twice, Cut Once
Additional Description: R. Griffin (center with mustache) millwork estimator for the Silver Spring Building Supply Co., poses with millwork employees on July 18, 1924. The Millwork was located diagonally across Ripley Street (then Poplar Street) from the back of 8222-26 Georgia Avenue. A Baltimore & Ohio Railroad siding extended half the length of Ripley Street from the main line of the B&O's Metropolitan Branch, allowing for ease of delivery of lumber and other supplies. Close-up of photo on marker
Silver Spring Historical Society and E. Brooke Lee
Submitted: July 30, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p280631
File Size: 1.708 Megabytes

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