super photo!
I actually have a few combined tobacco store/billiard parlor photos as it wasn't uncommon to combine the two enterprises but that's really a spectacular window display - not really the actual display as it's a bit pedestrian as store windows go - but the fruit it bears when viewed today. Same with the other side of the store - a common Omar sign with some packs glued to it. Interesting that the picture has smalltown USA written all over it - but as advertising was expensive to produce and distribute and a dedicated display was typically intended for larger cities - curious as to what the population and industry of Tacoma was like in that period?
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