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1965 - 1986, two shop interiors

The shop, 1965-1986

Photographs of the refrigerated counter and the 1986 refit

Page 14 of the 1986 Distel butchery anniversary booklet

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Translated from Ludwig Distel's German.

[two interior photographs of the shop.] 1965-1985: for the first time the counter display is chilled throughout. The fittings are of stainless steel. The new shop of 1986 is fully air-conditioned and equipped with the most modern technology. The fittings are finished in cherry wood. [shop sign:] DISTEL

Interesting facts

The counter outlasted self-service. Grocers went self-service in the 1950s and 60s; butchers did not, because meat was cut to order and weighed in front of the customer. What modernised in the meantime was refrigeration and display, not the transaction.

Places: Niedere Strasse 34, Villingen