Remember the U.S. carpet retailing industry!

For instance, here was a carpetseller in a rustbelt building from 1955, with charming pictures of flowers on its windows.

 

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In Lansing, Michigan, on May 5th, 2019, Carpets To Go on the west side of South Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard (Michigan Highway M-99) between Pierce Road and Reo Road.

 

The building was erected in 1955.

 

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

• Ingham (county) (1002502)

• Lansing (2052433)

 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:

• awnings (300254200)

• beige (color) (300266234)

• brick (clay material) (300010463)

• carpets (300185756)

• decorations (ornaments) (300379003)

• shop signs (300211862)

• specialty stores (300005364)

• storefronts (300002533)

 

Wikidata items:

• 5 May 2019 (Q57350091)

• 1950s in architecture (Q11185577)

• 1955 in architecture (Q2812133)

• 4504 (Q19245809)

• Central Michigan (Q2945568)

• M-99 (Q2354133)

• May 5 (Q2550)

• May 2019 (Q47087597)

• rug and carpet industry (Q74007739)

• Treaty of Saginaw (Q1572601)

 

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Business names (sh85018315)

• Decoration and ornament—Plant forms (sh85036250)

• Flowers in art (sh85049347)

• Small business (sh85123568)

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