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Title: Canadian grocer July-December 1908
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Supermarkets Grocery trade Food industry and trade
Publisher: Toronto : Maclean-Hunter Pub. Co. (1887)-
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ofcurrants, seeded raisins, figs, Christmascrackers, bowl of russet apples, threetier glass stand of apples, peccan nuts,grapes, bowl of chocolate, pudding incan, bottles of figs, tray of shelled wal-nuts, fancy boxes of candy. The middleof window rising from floor shows a boxof prunes, with pyramids of preservedfruits, pyramids of tins of toffee, pyra-mids of fruits, topped by glass bowl ofgrape fruit, tray of almonds. The back 419 Yonge Street, Toronto. A com-panion window to this, dressed by thesame clerk, carried oft first prize in lastyears contest. This is a comparativelysimple window and yet is attractive andstriking. The window pretty nearlytells the story of how it was dresseditself. The floor, as may be seen, is cov-ered with nuts of several kinds, figs,raisins and boxes of Christmas confec-tionery and fruits. Boxes of confection-ery are also hung by strings from thetop of the window. Against a back-ground built in the rear of the windowis built a wall of oranges, a striking
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WINDOW DRESSING—An Attractive Christmas Window from Pembroke. windows shown, indeed, were sent in forThe Grocers window dressing contestlast December. They are both applic-able, as well, for use during the wintermonths, not necessarily only for Christ-mas. A Window From Pembroke. Engraving No. 1 is a reproduction ofa display sent in by H. Jones, of Pem-broke. With the photo he forwarded thefollowing description of the window : On the floor from left to right wasa tray of table raisins, fancy boxes ofchocolates, Christmas pudding, glassbowl of candies, large bowl of pears. of window to the left, drums of Chinesefigs, canned fruit with pineapple on top,umbrella boxes of figs, with pyramid ofChinese figs,; right side same as left.Suspended from the ceiling were chainsof fancy paper with Japanese lanternand large crimson bells and seasonablemottoes, fancy fans and evergreen, whichowing to heavy reflection do not showin photo. The floor of window was cov-ered with ruby paper which made a

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