Title	The Jay C Stores DeliveryTruck
Owning Institution	Indiana Historical Society
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Item ID	M0122_BOX1_FOLDER5_009
Description	Jay C Grocery Stores was founded in Seymour, Indiana, in the 1863 by Swiss immigrant Jonathan C. Groub. Eventually the company grew to have 30 stores in southern Indiana. By 1994, the John C. Groub Company was one of the five largest private retail companies in Indiana. In 1999 the John C. Groub Co. was acquired by The Kroger Company. "Under the merger agreement, Jay C Food Stores kept their name and all employees were kept in place."
Subject	Grocers Grocery stores Delivery of goods--Indiana--Indianapolis Trucks Commerce Transportation
Time period	1930s (1930-1939)
Geographic Location	Indiana--Indianapolis
Format of original	Photographic print, b&w
Digital Format	JP2000
Resolution	600 dpi
Source Collection Name	John Guedelhoefer Wagon Company Papers, 1913-1942, n.d.
Source Collection Number	M0122
Digital Collection Name	John Guedelhoefer Wagon Company
Digital Collection Number	DC020
Accession Number	1968.0917, 1985.0618
Notes	The John Guedelhoefer Wagon Company was founded in 1873. Guedelhoefer, born in Germany in 1832 and trained in carriage making, came to Indianapolis in 1869. The company specialized in delivery wagons, especially for ice, bakery and dairy products, and later in truck bodies. It closed in 1970. John Guedelhoefer Wagon Co., 202 Kentucky Avenue, Indianapolis, IN
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