Mr. Lewis Graves, manager of First National Store

Photograph

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Wayland Museum

Name/Title

Mr. Lewis Graves, manager of First National Store

Entry/Object ID

ph-91-109-n

Description

Lewis "Louie" Graves, the manager of the First National Store on Boston Post Road, stands proudly in his white coat, which implies cleanliness and high standards of hygiene. A newspaper account (1954) reported that "Louie" came "to the little store on State Road East in March, 1929" where "he became an institution, not only because of the products he sold, but because of his unruffled demeanor in the face of impatient customers and his willingness to cash checks."

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Lewis "Louie" Graves,

Collection

W. H. Folsom Shoebox Collection

Acquisition

Notes

(these were discovered in an old shoe box in the closet off the Stone Room, next to Willie’s shed in 1983)

Made/Created

Artist

Folsom, Wallace Herbert

Lexicon

Search Terms

Folsom, Wallace Herbert, (1884 - 1954) –- Photographer Graves, Lewis Francis (1910-1967) First National Store -- Wayland, (Mass.) Grocery store Advertisements -- Grocery store

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

ph-91-109; A-80

Dimensions

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

3-1/4 in

General Notes

Note

[Total 761 negatives from original shoebox of Folsom negatives]