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Most of you follow my sports, but this project is something I've been working on at my day job at the newspaper and I'm so excited to share the first photo in what will become a weekly series. I am doing a "dear photograph" style shoot in Apache Junction. I added caption info. History, oftentimes is forgotten as time passes. This weekly series will feature old photographs from the Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent’s archives, held up in the exact place that they were originally taken, in the style of Dear Photograph. This week’s image was taken by current staffer Richard H. Dyer and the image ran in the May 2-8, 1990, issue of the Apache Junction Independent. The original caption reads: SIGN OF THE ‘Q’: Bayless Markets, owned by Arizona Supermarkets, is changing its name and image as of May 2. Workers replaced the old AJ Bayless sign last week with the store’s new name: “‘Q-Fresh’ Quality Food Markets. Hundreds of reduced prices called Q-SAVERS will be featured daily throughou...

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