The M.E. George grocery store in the Angelus Hotel building, at the northwest corner of Fourth Avenue and Columbia Street, was a long-time downtown fixture. It was owned by lifelong Olympia resident Marion George. This building has been the site of restaurants in recent years.
Vibert Jeffers photograph, 1930s, Susan Parish Collection, Southwest Regional Archives, AR20090812-ph007824
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