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Remember the U.S. carpet retailing industry! by Tim Kiser

© Tim Kiser, all rights reserved.

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)