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A Consumer Cooperative (c. 1913)

Consumer cooperatives bought goods in bulk and sold them to participating members. This approach allowed them to offer food and other everyday items at reduced prices. This photograph shows the counter in a consumer cooperative in Hanover. In such cooperatives, employees filled orders for customers.

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A Consumer Cooperative (c. 1913)

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