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Title
Grayson's
department
store
Date
1950
Description
This
1950
view
of the
south
side
of
K
Street
reveals
Grayson's
Department
Store
,
located
at
716
K
Street
, and
Payless
Drugstore
,
located
at
716
K
Street
.
Established
in the
summer
of
1940
,
Grayson's
was a
California
chain
,
specializing
in
women's
apparel
. The
company
spent
50,000
dollars
to
ensure
that the
Sacramento
store
had
air
conditioning
,
rotating
displays
and
fluorescent
lighting
.
Due
to
sagging
wages
,
employees
at the
store
went
on
strike
in the
summer
of
1960
. By the
start
of
fall
,
both
sides
settled
with
weekly
wages
being
raised
by
five
dollars
.
Format
8 x 10 in.; b&w
Holding Institution
Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library
Rights
This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Street/Neighborhood
710-716
K
Street
;
Downtown
City/County
Sacramento
Subjects
Street Scenes
Business Enterprises
Department Stores
Drugstores
Signage
Collection
Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number
427
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