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Flashback: Department Store Windows in the 1950s

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December 10, 2012

In the 1950s, German department stores put lots of time and effort into their window displays. In Kiel, decorators Reimer Garleff and Kurt Adolf created scenes that were so artistic you could hardly distinguish which goods were for sale.

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