Store going out of business, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1941

Jack Delano, photographer

☞ In 2011, 70 years later, these stores closed:

405 Blockbuster/  633 Borders/  200 GameStop/  189 Gap/  160 f.y.e./  117 Anchor Blue/  117 Foot Locker/  100 Talbot’s/  71 A.J. Wright/  69 Metropark/  63 Friendly’s 60 Rite Aid/  52 Destination Maternity/  50 Abercrombie & Fitch/  50 Hot Topic/  45 Big Lots/  45 Family Dollar/  43 Select Comfort/  43 Sonic Drive-In/  35 Denny’s/  32 Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (SuperFresh, Pathmark Super Market)/  30 Ultimate Electronics/  28 Dominos/  25 Superfresh (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company) /20 Lowe’s

Source

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lyman, Polish tobacco farmers near Windsor Locks, Connecticut by The Library of Congress 

 Jack Delano, photographer, 1940 Sept.