Vtg J L Meredith Jr Hardware West Chester PA Store Front Photo state legislature

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Vintage, Original Photograph
J. L. Meredith, Jr.
19
Hardware
Old black & white photo shows Store front windows / door with Joseph Llewellyn Meredith, Jr. standing in front in a suit, tie & hat.
Inside windows these products can be seen:
Lucas Automobile Finish
McGlone Varnishes
Dutch Boy
Valspar
Old English
Red Cloud Ball Bearing
....and more....
I do not own negatives or duplicate photos of this picture photograph.
This photo is glued to a thick cardboard backing , giving an approx 2" inch border around the photo.  The right top corner of the cardboard backing has been torn completely off, along with a large crack to the left side.  Imprint on cardboard reads:  "Bell Studio, W. Chester, PA"
The photo is separating from the cardboard, and is in very good condition for age.
Not date...assuming this is from the 1910s-1920s...photo itself measures approx 7 5/8" x 9 1/2"
Taken from internet:
J. Llewellyn Meredith, Jr., passed away after a long and suffering illness. He was among the best known men of this county and borough, having served for six years as a member of the State legislature from this district and also as a member of the Borough Council. He was of an old Chester County family, and a man of kindly disposition, generous to those in need and ready to do a kindly turn at any time. For many years he was in the hardware business, on Gay Street, but had been retired from active duties for some time. Mr. Meredith was born and passed all his life in West Chester. He was the son of the late J. Llewellyn and Elina Hubbard Meredith, and was born May 22, 1872. he attended the public schools here and had always been actively interested in the affairs of the community. He married Lillian, daughter of Isaac Baily, of West Chester, who survives him. He is also survived by four children, Graydon, Mildred (wife of Wayne L. Battin, Jr.), Marwood and Lewis, all of West Chester. There are two grandchildren, Wayne L. Battin, 3rd, and J. Llewellyn Meredith, 3rd. Mr. Meredith was a member of the Masonic Order. The family has been connected with the Society of Friends for many generations, being descended from the early Welsh Quaker settlers, who received their grand of land from William Penn.
Daily Local News. 8/3/1939.
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