A Glimpse into History: A Black-Owned Business in Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California, 1906

A colorized historical photo shows eight men posing with bicycles in front of a row of early 20th-century storefronts with signs like 'SHINE! SHINE-UP! SHINE!!', 'GORDON DAY WORK CO.', and 'ROBERT TAYLOR TEAS COFFEES SPICES ETC.'. A handwritten 'lady' is scrawled across the upper right of the image. The photo is credited as 'Colorization by S.Raugin' in the bottom right corner.

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