As a final mystery for 2020, this photograph (our cover image) has yet to be solved. It shows an empty Crump Boulevard at night. Marchesini & Co. Bakery is visible on the right. Can you determine where and when this photograph was taken?
SOLVED!!
This mystery has been solved by Sunny Franklin over on our Instagram page! She pointed out that the city directory places Marchesini & Co bakers at 297 E H Crump Blvd E. and found records of the bakery as early as 1914 at 297 E Iowa Avenue (which was Crump Blvd.’s previous name). The last entry found for the bakery is in 1958 being run by the Zavell family. Also in the directory, is the name Latham Sandwich Shop, at 295 E Iowa, and in fact, if we zoom in on the photograph above, the word ‘sandwich’ is partially visible, followed by the word ‘shop’, just below the Marchesini sign! This puts our photographer looking east along Crump Blvd., standing between Third Street and Latham St.: approximately 35.124551, -90.053837.