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Title	Star Food Store-801 West Main Street
Subject	Business enterprises; Groceries
Description	The Sanborn Fire Insurance maps show this building as a dwelling in 1886 and we know from city directories Ernest Downey lived here in 1909. In 1912 George Frank lived here and operated a grocery store on the ground floor. By 1947 it was called the Star Grocery Store. In 1953 famous big league baseball player, Tommy Thevenow, was retired from the sport and bought the property. There was, while Thevenow owned it, a round baseball shaped sign which read "Stop and Shop with the Short Stop." After Tommy's death in 1957, his son kept the store and ran it until the early 2000's.
Creator	Harry Lemen, photographer Eastman-Kodak Brownie Camera No. 2C model A, with No. 130 film.
Contributors	Madison-Jefferson County Public Library
Date	Picture taken 1944
Type	Negative (2-7/8"x4-7/8")
Format	Scanned negative, 1200 DPI, online JPG saved at 72 DPI 1000 pixels on long edge with a MicroTek ScanMaker 9800XL. Scan is full frame of negative. No correction of film errors. Slight sharpness and contrast adjustments.
Identifier	"Lemen1079-starstore"
Source	Madison Courier City Directories
Rights	Permission to reproduce this image for other than personal use must be requested from the Director of the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library. Please contact at 420 W. Main Street Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2744