Before Passports

Posted on by Fredrik Bodin
From Brenda Grimes Davis: "Fred...Here's a picture of Barney Marnoy who managed Benny Schred's fabric store...which was located where Passports (temporarily Village Pharmacy) is in the 1960s...he's standing just outside the door..I believe Benny was Barney's father-in-law." Notice the Rexall sign on the left. That was the original location of Connors Pharmacy on Main Street.
From Brenda Grimes Davis: “Fred…Here’s a picture of Barney Marnoy who managed Benny Schred’s fabric store…which was located where Passports (temporarily Village Pharmacy) is in the 1960s…he’s standing just outside the door..I believe Benny was Barney’s father-in-law.” Notice the Rexall sign on the left. That was the original location of Connors Pharmacy on Main Street.
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Published by Fredrik Bodin

Fred Bodin is a photographer who owns a gallery on Main Street in downtown Gloucester, MA. The gallery features Fred's land and seascapes, as well as historic images printed from the old negatives.

13 thoughts on “Before Passports”

  1. I have so many fond memories of both the Waiting Station/Pharmacy and Barney Schred’s fabric store. Many times I’ve been in the middle of a sewing project and wished Barney was still there!! Thanks for the opportunity to reflect.

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    1. Thanks Lowell. What I do is look back, and look at the present. Both are very interesting to me. Hope you got some good photos of the set today, and I look forward to seeing them soon. Fred

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    1. Thanks Paul. He looks like a nice guy, although I never met him. Before my time here. History preserved and history lost.

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  6. I love these scenes and portraits of people and places drawn directly from their rich life experiences and traditions,. Pictures and art is what you experience —it’s your lifeblood of past, present, and future. A time I remember well…Thanks 🙂

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  7. Thank you for the memory. I loved going in that store growing up. Ann Marie Randazza and I made matching dresses with fabric from his shop. I never knew his last name but I talk about his store every time I teach a class to new sewing machine owners.

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  8. Love these old pictures keep them coming, not one piece of litter on the ground people must not of littered back then, yesterday I had to go down to Main St. and it was littered with trash, what the deal?

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