{"id":19374,"date":"2015-08-05T06:56:54","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T10:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=19374"},"modified":"2022-05-20T10:04:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T14:04:30","slug":"henry-h-has-left-the-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/08\/05\/henry-h-has-left-the-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry H Has Left the Building"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy of Kristen Nyberg<\/p><\/div>\n

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Taws<\/em> – on the extreme left – looking pretty much the same in 1950<\/p><\/div>\n

An art supply store has operated from this locale close to the corner of 16th and Walnut in what’s known as Center City Philadelphia since 1897. It has changed hands a number of times through the decades, but it’s always been known as Henry H. Taws. <\/em>When I went to art school, it was one of the art supply stores we all knew about but seldom entered because they were pricier than the other stores and tended to favor their professional clientele. We would only head to Taws when everybody else was out of stock of an item, and we had no choice. If nobody else had it, surely they would.<\/em> That was their reputation.<\/p>\n

Once inside, the customer was greeted by an overstuffed shop filled to the rafters with tools and supplies that would satisfy practically every artistic discipline except photography. It was fun to look around and salivate over their offerings that the meager budgets of art students could never afford. Of course, after being accosted the third or forth time by an insistent staff member, it was time to go.
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