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Safeway Cashier Stands at Register
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History: Discussion

  • When do you think this photograph was taken?
  • What are the similarities and differences between the supermarket of the 1960s and the present day supermarkets?
  • How would the introduction of supermarkets have influenced our everyday lives?
  • Do we take choice for granted?
  • How would the supermarket culture affect artists in what they made and what materials they used in their work?

Safeway Cashier Stands at Register Original caption: 10/17/1966-Denver, CO-: Safeway supermarket checker Ann Paris stands at the five food chains being boycotted by some 100,000 Denver housewives who are protesting price of groceries. © Bettmann / CORBIS
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