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Handwritten on the back, "Capwell Central Market. November, 1927. Left to right: Frank Gaertner, A.J. Evers, E.E. Ashley Jr., E.W.P. Flesch." The four men stand solemnly together. This is the year the Capwell Central Market is begun and that Capwell's is bought by Emporium. Frank Gaertner is unknown. A.J. Evers was hired in 1927 as part of "Ashley, Evers and Hayes" to be the assistant architects for Capwell's new store in Oakland. E.E. Ashley Jr. was also hired in 1927, along with Evers as an assistant architect. E.W.P. Flesch was hired in 1927 as part of "Taussig and Flesch" to be fixture architects for the new Capwell's building in Oakland.