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Twin Bar, Boston Lunch

Gelatin silver print

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Twin Bar, Boston Lunch

c. 1966

Gelatin silver print

This business district at the southwest corner of Erie Street and Tremont Street South hosted many Black-run businesses. Boston Lunch was one of the few Black-friendly restaurants. The Loeffler building in which it was housed was demolisted for the Lowry-Price Urban Renewal project.

Gift of the Karl Spuhler Estate (91.7.2677)

Collection of the Massillon Museum

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Twin Bar, Boston Lunch

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