Girl knitting in Dickey's IRGA Food Market, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1938

Identifier

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Title

Girl knitting in Dickey's IRGA Food Market, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1938

Date

8/5/38

Description

Girl sitting in a rocking chair and knitting next to a stove in Marshall Dickey's IRGA (Independent Retail Grocers' Association) Food Market. Labeled as "Grace nitting / Friday August 5, 1938." Based on image ia-0008-0045, this is Grace Dickey (later Willoughby, 1922-2008) granddaughter of Marshall and Barbara Dickey. Products such as Canada Dry, 7-up, and Brillo pads are on display shelves.From a photo album compiled between 1935 and 1938 by Lee Wayne Dickey (1919-2003).

Subject

Don Johnson Collection
Grocery stores
Interiors
Knitting
Stoves
Indianapolis (Ind.)
Marion County (Ind.)

Source

Indiana Memory

Relation

https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_383/007/thumbs/ia00080062.jpg

Type

image

References

http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/2086821E-5076-4EA5-8D1C-520326931654

Subject

Don Johnson Collection
Grocery stores
Interiors
Knitting
Stoves
Indianapolis (Ind.)
Marion County (Ind.)

Citation

“Girl knitting in Dickey's IRGA Food Market, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1938,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed November 15, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/26576.

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